Search efforts for final missing climber to resume Wednesday as the death toll from Mount Marapi's eruption spikes

The death toll from Indonesia's Marapi volcano eruption jumped to 22 on Tuesday as rescuers found more climbers who had perished near the crater, the head of the West Sumatra rescue agency said on Tuesday, up from 13 earlier in the day. Key points: The 2,891-metre-high volcano erupted on Sunday, killing at least 22 people So far three survivors have been found, while 49 climbers managed to evacuate and descend from the crater Since 2011 Indonesia's volcanology agency had urged local groups to close off the summit About 200 rescuers will resume search operations on Wednesday for one further missing climber. Since 2011, Indonesia's volcanology agency has urged a local conservation agency and the environment ministry in monthly letters to close an area within 3 kilometres' radius of the summit to climbers, agency head Hendra Gunawan told Reuters. The conservation agency, which is under the ministry, said permits to climb were given after getting the green light from several local agencies, including the West Sumatra provincial government and national disaster agency, as well the Padang search and rescue agency.