A 70-year-old man died after being hit by a collapsed wall while waiting to be evacuated from the same village, where the volcanic ash reached 20 centimeters (8 inches) deep in some places. Workers attempted to cover the famed ninth century Buddhist temple complex of Borobudur with plastic sheeting to protect it.Ī 60-year-old woman and an 80-year-old man were killed in the village of Pandansari, about 7 kilometers (4 miles) from the mountain, when the roofs of their homes collapsed under the weight of the ash and volcanic debris, the disaster agency said. It also fell farther afield in Yogyakarta, where motorists switched on headlights in daylight. Ash and grit fell to earth in towns and cities across the region, including Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city after Jakarta, with a population of about 3 million.
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