Volcano emits in Indonesia again
Early Friday in northern Sumatra, a volcano was reported to have erupted again in Indonesia making hundreds of villagers leave as it let loose tremors and emitted powerful bursts of hot ash and debris.
"Constant tremors were felt since yesterday and, between 4:38 and 4:51 a.m. this morning, the volcano erupted, shooting thick, hot ash 3,000 meters (1.9 miles) to the sky," said Surono, the head of the Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation. "This is the biggest one, compared to the last two."
The villagers in Karo province did not heed to warnings and returned to their homes when the volcano showed no activity since Monday. The latest eruption forced them back into temporary shelters.
For the first time in four centuries last Sunday, Sinabung mountain erupted forcing the evacuation of about 30,000 villagers who live within 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) of the volcano’s crater.
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