Abahlali besiqithi saseIndonesia Java, abahlala emazantsi entaba-mlilo yaseSemeru, kuye kwafuneka babaleke ukuze basindise ubomi babo njengoko intaba-mlilo igqabhuka ngamandla namhlanje, ikhupha ilifu elikhulu lothuthu elisithe ilanga.
Ugqabhuko-dubulo lwaseSemeru lubangele abahlali balapha kunye nabakhenkethi banxunguphele njengoko bebebaleka kukoyika phambi kwelifu lothuthu olumnyama lusihla kwintaba ebude buziimitha ezingama-3,676.
Ikliphu kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo ibambe abantu bekhala "Allahu Akbar" (uThixo mkhulu) phambi kwalo mbono ungendawo ngokwenene.
Ilifu lothuthu linyuke malunga neemitha ezili-15,000 emoyeni, nto leyo ethe yalumkisa iinkampani zeenqwelomoya. Imithombo yeendaba yathi ivale ngokupheleleyo ilanga kwiindawo ezikufutshane nogqabhuko-dubulo.
Akukhange kubekho ngxelo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ngokwenzakala okanye ukufa kwabantu ngenxa yentshukumo yentaba-mlilo. Abahlanguli baye baphuma besiya kwindawo ukuze bancede abo babandezelekileyo.
ISemeru yintaba-mlilo eqhubekayo eMpuma Java iphondo. Ngaphezulu kwe-50 ukuqhuma kuye kwabhalwa ukususela kwi-1818, yakutshanje, kude kube ngoku, okwenzeka ngoJanuwari.
Indoneshiya ibekwe kwindawo ebizwa ngokuba 'yiNdandatho yoMlilo' - i-arc yeentaba-mlilo kunye nemigca ephosakeleyo kuLwandlekazi lwePasifiki - kwaye ke iinyikima kunye nogqabhuko-dubulo zixhaphake kakhulu kwilizwe leziqithi ezizizigidi ezingama-270.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ugqabhuko-dubulo lwaseSemeru lubangele abahlali balapha kunye nabakhenkethi banxunguphele njengoko bebebaleka kukoyika phambi kwelifu lothuthu olumnyama lusihla kwintaba ebude buziimitha ezingama-3,676.
- The residents of Indonesian island of Java, who live at the foot of Semeru volcano, had to run for their lives as volcano violently erupted today, spewing out a massive ash cloud that obscured the sun.
- There have been no reports so far of injuries or fatalities as a result of the volcanic activity.
