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Title: Astonishing moment Mount Sinabung erupts in Indonesia with huge ash cloud nearly obscuring the entire sky from view
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Published: Mar 3, 2021
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Post Date: 2021-03-03 11:08:38 by Horse
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Vulcanologists recorded 13 separate blasts as Mount Sinabung erupted on Tuesday, spewing a tower of ash Sinabung, a 8,530-feet-tall volcano in Indonesia, was dormant for centuries before roaring back to life in 2010 Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands and islets, has nearly 130 active volcanoes An Indonesian volcano erupted on Tuesday morning spewing a spectacular column of ash thousands of feet into the air, nearly obscuring the powder blue sky from the view of locals watching below. Vulcanologists recorded 13 separate blasts as Mount Sinabung leapt to life, belching debris up to 16,400 feet (5,000 metres) above Sumatra. There was no immediate danger to life or property, authorities said, with a three-mile (five-kilometre) ring around the volcano having been left unoccupied over recent years.No evacuation orders have been issued, and there has been no reported flight disruption. But locals are taking no chances. Mount Sinabung's activity has increased since last year and the alert for the volcano in North Sumatra province has been placed at the second-highest level. Pictured: People watch from a market in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, March 2, 2021'The residents are scared, many are staying indoors to avoid the thick volcanic ash,' Roy Bangun, 41, told AFP news agency. Muhammad Nurul Asrori, a monitoring officer at Sinabung, said Tuesday's plume of smoke and ash was the largest he had seen since 2010, and warned that it could still get bigger. 'The large lava dome at any time could burst, causing a bigger avalanche of hot clouds,' he said. No casualties were reported, but an official had earlier urged people to stay at least 2 miles from the crater, Indonesia's Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Centre said. Sinabung, a 8,530-feet-tall volcano, was dormant for centuries before roaring back to life in 2010 when an eruption killed two people. After another period of inactivity, it erupted again in 2013 and has remained highly active since. In 2014, an eruption killed at least 16 people, while seven died in a 2016 blast. Mount Sinabung's activity has increased since last year and the alert for the volcano in North Sumatra province has been placed at the second-highest level. Videos on social media showed little panic among residents over the eruption, which sent a column of white ash into the blue sky. Wirda Br Sitepu, a 20-year-old resident, told Reuters that the situation had calmed and said 'the mountain is not erupting, and the ash has decreased.' ndonesia - an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands and islets - has nearly 130 active volcanoes. It sits on the 'Ring of Fire', a belt of tectonic plate boundaries circling the Pacific Ocean where frequent seismic activity occurs. Mount Merapi on Java island, one of the world's most active volcanoes, also erupted this week, spewing lava down one of its flanks. Italy’s most killer volcano rained hot pebbles of ash onto townspeople Valuable lessons learned from erupting volcanoes. Are you prepared for the next random blast? Town residents had to use brooms to sweep up piles of pyroclastic dust and tiny pebbles of hot rock after Italy’s most killer volcano Mount Etna erupted on the last day of February. The mammoth volcano spans 22-miles at its base and skyscrapers 11,050 feet above the sea, making it hard to miss in the Sicilian landscape. And as of late, the fiery monster has been spewing gas, lava, soot, dust, and even chunks of rock, signifying that the half-a-million-year-old beast has once again awakened. Etna erupted 6 times over an 8-day span that started mid-month. By the end of the month, pebbles fell from the sky following an eruption that shook the mountain. https://persurvive.com/blog/italys-most-killer-volcano-rained-hot-pebbles-of-ash-onto-townspeople/ 
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