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Climbers Warned as Indonesia Volcano Erupts Ash
February 18, 2012

A Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG), scientist, pictured in his office in Bandung, West Java, monitoring the increase activity of the Gamalama Volcano in Ternate, North Maluku. (Antara Photo) A Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG), scientist, pictured in his office in Bandung, West Java, monitoring the increase activity of the Gamalama Volcano in Ternate, North Maluku. (Antara Photo)
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Nature-loving tourists have been warned not to climb Mount Gamalama in North Maluku after the frequently active volcano started emitting ash again over the past week.

Darno Lamane, of Gamalama’s observation post, said the volcano, which covers the entire island of Ternate, was still very dangerous for anyone climbing its upper reaches.

Darno added that it was impossible to say whether the mini-eruptions would become more intense or subside.

A severe eruption in early December destroyed more than 100 houses and left farmers devastated after ash smothered fruit trees and crops. The cost of that eruption was estimated at Rp 15 billion ($ 1.6 million). 

Antara