Sasebo, Japan

Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletterto get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. Volcanic ash spewing from Indonesia’s Mount Marapi shut down airports and blanketed nearby communities on Sumatra island Friday. The nearly 9,480-foot volcano in the Agam district of West Sumatra province is about 70 miles north of Minangkabau International Airport in Padang, the provincial capital. shot thick columns of ash more than 9,800 feet that killed 23 climbers and injured several others who...