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Indonesia - Thousands evacuated as Mount Rokatenda erupts

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Thousands evacuated as Indonesian volcano erupts

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AFP and AP, KUPANG, Indonesia

Indonesian rescuers battled yesterday to evacuate thousands from an island where a volcanic eruption killed six people the previous day, with the volcano still spewing out rocks and ash at ?dangerous levels.?

Mount Rokatenda, on tiny Palue Island in East Nusa Tenggara Province, was still sending large clouds of red-hot ash up to 600m into the air yesterday after it erupted on Saturday.

?The activity ... remains high and at dangerous levels. There are no signs it will stop erupting any time soon,? Surono, an official from the Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, told reporters.
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http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/08/12/2003569493
 
Re: Indonesia - Thousands evacuated as Mount Rokatenda erupts

AP/ August 11, 2013, 10:04 AM

Search on for children's bodies after Indonesian volcano eruption

MAUMERE, Indonesia The six people swept up and killed by hot lava from an erupting volcano in eastern Indonesia had refused to leave the area for safer ground when the mountain began rumbling last year, an official said Sunday, one day after the eruption.

Officials continued searching Sunday for the bodies of two children buried by the hot lava as rumbling could still be heard from Mount Rokatenda on the small island of Palue in East Nusa Tenggara province.

Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated from the area since the volcano erupted early Saturday morning, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency. The volcano had been active since last October.

Tini Thadeus, head of the local disaster agency, said the six victims, who died while sleeping in a beachside village, were among those who had refused to leave last year when evacuations were carried out to establish a safety zone around the volcano.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162...ens-bodies-after-indonesian-volcano-eruption/
 
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