Indonesia: Search and rescue teams still looking for missing climbers at Mount Dukono
Jakarta, May 9 (IANS) Search and rescue teams continue to look for three missing climbers following the eruption of Mount Dukono, Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said on Saturday. Abdul Muhari, BNPB’s Head of Disaster Data, Information, and Communication Centre, on Saturday said that two of the missing climbers are foreign nationals and one […]
Indonesia’s Mount Dukono erupts, triggers aviation warning, safety advisory
Jakarta, Feb 20 (IANS) Mount Dukono, located in Indonesia’s North Maluku province, erupted on Thursday, prompting the country’s Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Centre to issue an aviation warning. The volcano, situated on Halmahera Island, spewed a column of ash up to 2,000 metres into the sky. Thick white-to-grey clouds drifted south of the crater. […]
