19,000 Indonesians Flee Erupting Mt. Sinabung Volcano
December 31, 2013.
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More than 19,000 people have been displaced by a volcano in Indonesia that has been erupting for months and shot lava into the air nine times overnight, an official said Tuesday.
Mount Sinabung on the western island of Sumatra sent hot rocks and ash 7,000 meters (23,000 feet) in the air Monday night and Tuesday morning, National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.
“Mount Sinabung remains on the highest alert level and we have warned there should be no human activity within a five-kilometer (three-mile) radius of the crater,” Sutopo said.
More: Jakarta Globe
December 31, 2013.
Viva
More than 19,000 people have been displaced by a volcano in Indonesia that has been erupting for months and shot lava into the air nine times overnight, an official said Tuesday.
Mount Sinabung on the western island of Sumatra sent hot rocks and ash 7,000 meters (23,000 feet) in the air Monday night and Tuesday morning, National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.
“Mount Sinabung remains on the highest alert level and we have warned there should be no human activity within a five-kilometer (three-mile) radius of the crater,” Sutopo said.
More: Jakarta Globe
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