It has erupted 220 times in the past week and displaced more than 20,000 local villagers.
The 8,530-foot-high (2,600-meter-high) volcano has been
erupting since September 2013. Even though the volcano has been active
for several months, local authorities have confirmed that the eruptions are intensifying.
The Indonesian government has evacuated residents living
near the volcano, displacing more than 20,000 villagers living within
the danger zone, currently defined as a radius of 5 kilometers (3.1
miles) around the volcano's peak.
It has recently been extended to 7 kilometers (4 miles) southeast of the volcano where, according to the Wall Street Journal, volcanic activity is reported to be much higher.
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