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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.
The area highlighted in yellow is the most susceptible to ash fall. civil protection
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The Colima Volcano continues to be active, sending a 1,500-meter column of smoke skyward at 7:08 this morning.
Civil
Protection’s national coordinator, Luis Felipe Puente Espinosa,
reported the eruption on his Twitter account, advising that the smoke,
with a low ash content, was moving southwest.
The ash expelled by
the volcano consists of material less than two millimeters in diameter
and moves with the wind. But rock projectiles from the Volcano of Fire,
as it is also known, are a different matter.
They
can be up to 50 millimeters in diameter and are sent shooting out of
the crater at high speed, before falling to the ground. This volcanic
material can cause damage and injuries in populated areas, particularly
if they are hot, which can result in fires.
The
volcano has entered a new eruptive phase since yesterday, Ecuador's
Institute of Geophysics (IGP) reported. Starting from 15:00 local time
yesterday, increasing tremor was registered and steady ash emissions
were observed. At night, incandescent blocks could be seen and heard
rolling down from the crater where probably a new lava dome has started
to appear. Small pyroclastic flows descended on the eastern,
southeastern and southern flanks of the volcano, probably as a result of
re-mobilization of fresh lava and tephra deposits. These so-called
secondary pyroclastic flows reached lengths of 500 m below the summit.
IGP assumes the most likely scenario for the evolution of the new
eruptive episode is that activity continues at similar levels for a
while. So far, lava avalanches and pyroclastic flows have been confined
within the caldera, near the flanks of the main cone. So far, no reports
of ash falls became available from communities in the nearby areas,
suggesting that the eruption is still small. An important hazard remains
in the form of lahars (mud flows), which can be generated by
re-mobilization of loose material during heavy rainfall and would most
likely threaten the bed and banks of the Quijo river.
Continuous ash emission and incandescent avalanches on Reventador's eastern flank (image: G. Taipe / IGP)
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IGP assumes the most likely scenario for the evolution of the new
eruptive episode is that activity continues at similar levels for a
while. So far, lava avalanches and pyroclastic flows have been confined
within the caldera, near the flanks of the main cone. So far, no reports
of ash falls became available from communities in the nearby areas,
suggesting that the eruption is still small. An important hazard remains
in the form of lahars (mud flows), which can be generated by
re-mobilization of loose material during heavy rainfall and would most
likely threaten the bed and banks of the Quijo river.
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 WritersJakarta (AFP) Nov 03, 2013
A volcano in western Indonesia erupted twice Sunday, hurling red-hot
ash and rocks up to seven kilometres into the air and forcing more than
1,000 people to flee their homes.
Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island erupted in September for the first time
in three years, forcing thousands to flee their homes, and has been
erupting intermittently ever since.
Early Sunday it hurled a column of ash seven kilometres (four miles) into the air, then erupted again in the afternoon.
Police and troops began evacuating residents from villages in a
three-kilometre area around the volcano after the first eruption, said
national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
"1,293 residents living around Mount Sinabung were evacuated to safer areas," he said.
"The number of evacuees will rise."
Villagers walk
on a road covered with volcanic ash from Mount Sinabung's eruption in
Mardingding, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. The
volcano erupted Sunday, unleashing volcanic ash high into the sky and
forcing the evacuation of villagers living around its slope. (AP
Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Mount Sinabung
spews volcanic ash as it erupts as seen from Simpang Empat, North
Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013. Officials raised the volcano's
alert status to the second-highest level after the 2,600-meter
(8,530-foot) -high mountain erupted early Sunday. (AP Photo/Ade
Sinuhaji)
A hand print is
seen on the hood of a car covered with volcanic ash from the eruption of
Mount Sinabung that falls in Tiga Nderket village, North Sumatra,
Indonesia,Monday Nov. 4, 2013. The 2,600-meter (8,530-foot) high volcano
has been erupting since Sunday, unleashing volcanic ash high into the
sky and forcing the evacuation of villagers living around its slopes.
(AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
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