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- Mount Sinabung in Karo regency, North Sumatra, erupted forcefully
once again on Wednesday and may threaten the opening of the Lake Toba
Festival by Tourism Minister Arief Yahya in Berastagi, also in Karo,
slated for Thursday.
No casualties were reported following the
eruption, but pyroclastic flows drifting to the southeast affected a
number of villages that have long been abandoned by residents.
"The
current wind direction is directed to the southwest, but if it blows to
the east the Lake Toba Festival will be disrupted as the spread of ash
would reach Berastagi," Mt. Sinabung Observation Station staff member
Deri Hidayat told The Jakarta Post.
Deri said the volcano discharged the clouds at 1:47 a.m. and 9:28 a.m.
He added the pyroclastic clouds, which drifted as far as 3.5 kilometers, affected Bekerah and Simacem villages.
He said both villages had long been left empty as they were inside a designated danger zone.
Deri
added that Mt. Sinabung had also emitted volcanic ash to a height of
2,000 meters toward the southwest. He said the spread of ash could
disrupt the Lake Toba Festival if the wind changed direction in coming
days.
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. Read More Here
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Photos: Mount Sinabung volcano erupts again
Posted Jan 06, 2014
Photos
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
A church is seen in the middle of a corn field covered with volcanic
ash as Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials as seen from Sibintun
village in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Jan. 6, 2014. More then
20,000 people have been displaced since the volcano began its most recent activity in September, officials said. EPA/MAFA YULI RAMADHANI
Mount Sinabung releases pyroclastic flows during an eruption as seen
from Perteguhan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. The
2,600-meter (8,530-foot) volcano has sporadically erupted since
September. 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. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Mount
Sinabung spews hot lava as seen from Jeraya, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
The 2,600-meter (8,530-foot) volcano has sporadically erupted since
September. Photo: AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara
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. Read More Here
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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.
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.
by Staff WritersSinabung, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 31, 2013
Mount Sinabung on the western island of Sumatra sent hot rocks and ash
7,000 metres (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-kilometre (three-mile)
radius of the crater," Nugroho said.
KARO, Indonesia (AP) A rumbling volcano in western Indonesia
that has been spewing lava and clouds of gas high into the sky let out a
new, powerful burst Tuesday, prompting warnings for airplanes and
triggering panic among villagers, officials said.
Nine eruptions
Tuesday sent lava and searing gas tumbling out of Mount Sinabung in
North Sumatra province, said Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency
spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. The volcano started spitting clouds of
gas and lava as high as 7,000 meters (23,000 feet) in the air late
Monday, but no casualties were reported.
He said more than 19,000
people have been evacuated from villages in a danger zone 5 kilometers
(3 miles) around the crater to temporary shelters since authorities
raised the alert status for Sinabung to the highest level in November.
Gray ash covered villages, farms and trees as far as 70 kilometers (43 miles) southeast of the mountain.
by Staff WritersBesaki, Indonesia (UPI) Dec 26, 2013
disclaimer: image is for illustration purposes only
Seismic activity suggests one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia
may erupt again, keeping evacuees from returning home, officials say.
Mount Sinabung erupted in September after being dormant for 400 years,
and increased eruptions in November led to mass evacuations within a
3-mile zone around the volcano.
The threat of renewed eruptions means 18,412 evacuees have little hope of returning home any time soon, officials said.
Scroll down for an interactive map on volcanic activity around the world.
IBTimes/Lisa Mahapatra
The
volcano at Mount Sinabung at Jakarta, Indonesia, erupted six times
early Monday, shooting volcanic ash 2,000 meters into the sky.
Thousands have been evacuated from the region since the
Sinabung volcano began erupting sporadically in September. 5,000 people
were evacuated from the area the day before the eruption on Monday,
bringing the total number of evacuees to 11,000. There have been no
casualties so far.
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