Indonesia extends danger zone, amid Sinabung eruptions
Mount Sinabung spews pyroclastic smoke on Jan. 4, 2014 in Karo District, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Wed Jan 8, 2014 8:55AM
Indonesian
authorities have been forced to extend a danger zone around Mount
Sinabung in Western Indonesia, following an unrelenting volcanic
eruption in the region.
According to the
authorities, Mount Sinabung, located on the island of Sumatra, has
erupted more than fifty times since Saturday, spewing searing clouds of
gas and lava as high as 4 to 5 kilometer.Tuesday’s overnight booming explosion in Mount Sinabung, however, triggered a panicked evacuation, sending the residents pouring down the sides of the mountain.
National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the danger zone in southeast of the volcano was extended from five to seven kilometers radius of the crater.
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Photos: Mount Sinabung volcano erupts again
Posted Jan 06, 2014
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from the erupting volcano Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra, Idonesia, on
January 6, 2014. The 8,530-foot volcano has sporadically erupted since
September, 2013. Authorities extended a danger zone around a rumbling
volcano on Sunday after it spewed blistering gas farther than expected,
sending panicked residents streaming down the sides of the mountain. More National and World News
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By Binsar Bakkara
KARO, Indonesia — Authorities extended a danger zone around a rumbling volcano in western Indonesia on Sunday after it spewed blistering gas farther than expected, sending panicked residents streaming down the sides of the mountain.
Mount Sinabung’s booming explosion just after midnight triggered a panicked evacuation. Men with ash-covered faces streamed down the scorched slopes on motorcycles, followed by truckloads of women and children, many crying. Officials barked out orders on bullhorns as rocks and debris rained from the sky.
Lava glows at the crater of Mount Sinabung as seen from Tiga Kicat, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. The 2,600-meter volcano has sporadically erupted since September. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
More than 50 eruptions on Saturday sent lava and searing gas tumbling out of the volcano in North Sumatra province down the southeastern slopes up to five kilometres (three miles) away, said Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. The volcano was still spitting clouds of gas and lava as high as 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) in several eruptions Sunday, but no casualties were reported.
Nugroho said that the danger zone southeast of the volcano was extended from five to seven kilometres (three to four miles) from the crater’s smouldering mouth.
Soldiers joined the rescue operation in two villages of Jewara and Pintu Besi, about seven kilometres (four miles) from the crater, where homes and farms were caked in grey dust.
Villagers watch as Mount Sinabung releases pyroclastic flow during an eruption in Tiga Kicat, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Villagers watch as Mount Sinabung releases pyroclastic flow during an eruption in Beras Tepu, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
More than 20,000 people have been evacuated from villages around the crater into several temporary shelters since authorities raised the alert status for Sinabung to the highest level in November.
“We were tired here … we’ve lost everything. We wonder about our lives after this disaster,” said Anton Sitepu, a father of four who is among the villagers in a cramped shelter in Telagah village.
The 2,600-meter (8,530-foot) Mount Sinabung has sporadically erupted since September. An eruption in 2010 killed two people and caught scientists off guard because the volcano had been quiet for four centuries.
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Mount Sinabung Volcano Erupts in Indonesia, Displaces 20,000
Hot ash and poisonous gas disrupts life for thousands of local villagers.
Mount Sinabung spews hot lava as seen from Jeraya, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
PHOTOGRAPH BY BINSAR BAKKARA, AP
Published January 9, 2014
Mount Sinabung—a volcano in Indonesia—has erupted 220 times in the past week and displaced more than 20,000 local villagers.
The 8,530-foot-high (2,600-meter-high) volcano has been
erupting since September 2013. Even though the volcano has been active
for several months, local authorities have confirmed that the eruptions are intensifying.
PHOTOGRAPH BY SUTANTA ADITYA, AFP/GETTY IMAGES
On Sunday, Mount Singabung released a plume of hot ash measuring 4,000 meters high.
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