22 dead, 27 missing after volcanic eruption in Indonesia

Indonesia's disaster agency said Monday that the death toll rose to 22 while 27 people remain missing from Saturday's eruption of a volcano on the main island of Java.About 2,000 people have been evacuated, while at least 3,000 houses were damaged and 169 people injured by the eruption at Mt. Semeru in the eastern part of the island, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.Hot ash from the 3,676-meter-high volcano had reached an area as far as 4 kilometers from the crater near its peak, and search and rescue operations were under way for residents who could be buried under the …READ FULL ARTICLE