The death toll from the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano has risen to 13 after rescue teams discovered two more bodies on Monday. With 10 climbers still missing and inclement weather impeding rescue efforts, authorities fear that number is set to rise. “We don’t expect to find any more survivors,” said Abdul Malik, the head of the local rescue service, which successfully took 49 people off the mountain. “The safety of our team has to be our priority. It’s been raining incessantly since yesterday evening, making paths slippery and hindering the evacuation team.” Rescuers are focusing on a particularly popular rocky area where many climbers are thought to have camped, but Malik said conditions were making it almost impossible to deploy search drones.
Indonesia’s Marapi volcano eruption death toll rises to 13, 10 climbers still missing | DW News
