LONDON: A volcano in western Indonesia is now spewing large clouds of searing gas and ash high into the air, posing threats to nearby villages.
Mount Sinabung, a 2,460-meter tall volcano located in North Sumatra’s Karo district, is now being closely monitored after it showed signs of activities, and authorities placed it at the highest alert level last week.
The volcano spewed hot ash that made its way down the mountain’s slope up to 1.5 miles from Sinabung’s mouth.
No injury has yet been reported but Surono, the government’s volcanologist, called for the villagers to keep themselves away from the main danger zone, which extends 4 miles to the southeast of the volcano’s crater.
Over 2,700 people have so far been evacuated from nearby villages. Farmers from these villages harvested their crops quickly out of fear that these could be destroyed should there be an eruption.
Surono said that the lava dome’s growing size is unstable and that boiling rocks may tumble down the mountain anytime.
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