Volcano's 8,000-foot ash cloud sends climbers running for their lives
Panicked hikers were caught on video scrambling down the side of an Indonesia n volcano that suddenly erupted in front of them, sending a plume of ash thousands of feet into the air.— captured by a government drone earlier this month — shows a group of about a dozen hikers cresting the rim of Mount Dukono when the mammoth cloud of gas and ash rolls toward them with hair-raising speed.
The stunning footage — captured by a government drone earlier this month — shows a group of about a dozen hikers cresting the rim of Mount Dukono when it suddenly erupts. As it turns out, the group disregarded a ban on entering a particularly dangerous zone on the mountainous, sparsely-populated island of Halmahera, the outlet said.
“The general public is advised not to climb or visit Mount Dukono as volcanic activity is still high at the moment,” said Priatin Hadi Wijaya, the head of the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation, before adding that authorities banned people from coming within about 2 miles of the crater.
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