Mount Dukono eruptions, rain stall search for 2 Singaporeans missing in Indonesia
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Search operations for two missing Singaporean hikers have been hampered by continuous eruptions of Mount Dukono and heavy rain. With around 150 personnel deployed and utilizing thermal drones, hopes of finding the hikers are diminishing as conditions worsen.
The search for two missing Singaporean hikers after a volcanic eruption of Mount Dukono was still hampered by continuous eruptions and bad weather on Sunday, an Indonesian official said, though they were feared to be dead. Some 150 personnel with two thermal drones have been deployed since Sunday morning, the head of local rescue agency Iwan Ramdani said, with the focus of the search around 100-150 metres (492 feet) of the crater rim. “However, Mount Dukono continues to erupt and rain is...