Showing posts with label emergency evacuation of locals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label emergency evacuation of locals. Show all posts

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Eruption in Indonesia: no casualties, emergency evacuation of locals



Indonesia's Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province erupted Sunday evening, gushing 4,000 meter-high cloud of ash and smoke into the air, an official said. There were no immediate reports of casualties, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).

"The eruption is sending hot clouds about 4,500 meters towards the south-east," Nugroho said, adding that the local villagers living at the foot of the mountain have been told to evacuate, informs DPA.

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