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Video Shows Anak Krakatau Eruption Sending a Towering Lava Fountain into the Sky

From CNN Indonesia · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Resident video captured a towering lava fountain during Anak Krakatau’s repeated eruptions from September 4 into the early hours of September 5.
  • The volcano remains at level III, or alert, in the Sunda Strait.
  • Indonesian authorities urged the public to avoid all activity within three kilometers of the active crater.

Video recorded by residents shows Anak Krakatau shooting a towering lava fountain into the sky during repeated eruptions in the Sunda Strait from Friday, September 4, into the early hours of Saturday, September 5.

The volcano remains at level III, or alert. A BRIN researcher said thick eruption smoke was expected to rise to heights of more than ten kilometers and could spread toward several neighboring countries.

The National Disaster Management Agency and the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation urged the public to clear the three-kilometer danger zone around the active crater.

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Originally published by CNN Indonesia in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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