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Indonesia's Mount Semeru volcano alert status raised to highest level: agency

"Japan's weather agency warned that a tsunami could arrive at the islands of Miyako and Yaeyama in the southern prefecture of Okinawa," Kyodo news agency reported.

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"A lot of people have started to go down," Thoriqul Haq, the local administration chief for Lumajang, where the volcano is located, told broadcaster Kompas TV. Mount Semeru last erupted exactly one year ago, killing at least 51 people.