TANAH DATAR, Dec 7 — Rescuers have evacuated all of the climbers who were trapped on Indonesia's Marapi volcano, a spokesperson for the search and rescue agency said on Wednesday, after it erupted this week, killing 23 people.

JAKARTA, Dec 6 — The death toll from the Mount Marapi volcanic eruption in Indonesia's West Sumatra province has risen to 23, all of them hikers, police said today, as ash and smoke blanketed parts of the region.