Erupting volcano forces villagers to flee in Indonesia
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Powerful">Powerful</span> <span word="bursts">bursts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="hot">hot</span> <span word="ash">ash</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gravel">gravel</span> <span word="erupted">erupted</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="rumbling">rumbling</span> <span word="volcano">volcano</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="Indonesia">Indonesia</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>, <span word="sending">sending</span> <span word="panicked">panicked</span> <span word="villagers">villagers</span> <span word="streaming">streaming</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sides">sides</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mountain">mountain</span>.</p><p><span word="Six">Six</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="eruptions">eruptions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="lava">lava</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="searing">searing</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="tumbling">tumbling</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="most">most</span> 1.5 <span word="kilometers">kilometers</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="slopes">slopes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Mount">Mount</span> <span word="Sinabung">Sinabung</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="Sumatra">Sumatra</span> <span word="province">province</span>. <span word="Volcanic">Volcanic</span> <span word="material">material</span> <span word="spewed">spewed</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="as">as</span> 2,000 <span word="meters">meters</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="raised">raised</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="volcano">volcano</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="alert">alert</span> <span word="status">status</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="level">level</span>.</p><p><span word="About">About</span> 12,000 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="villages">villages</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mountainside">mountainside</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="fled">fled</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="homes">homes</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>,<span word="bringing">bringing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="displaced">displaced</span> <span word="persons">persons</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 20,000, <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="Bowo">Bowo</span> <span word="Asa">Asa</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span> <span word="management">management</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mitigation">mitigation</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="Sumatra">Sumatra</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span> <span word="News">News</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="about">about</span> 12,000 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 10 <span word="villages">villages</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="evacuated">evacuated</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="camps">camps</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 6,000 <span word="others">others</span> <span word="fled">fled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shelters">shelters</span> <span word="previously">previously</span>.</p><p><span word="Thick">Thick</span>, <span word="gray">gray</span> <span word="ash">ash</span> <span word="covered">covered</span> <span word="villages">villages</span>, <span word="farms">farms</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="trees">trees</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="as">as</span> 70 <span word="kilometers">kilometers</span> <span word="north">north</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Mount">Mount</span> <span word="Sinabung">Sinabung</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="crater">crater</span>, <span word="hitting">hitting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="towns">towns</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Binjai">Binjai</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Langkat">Langkat</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Everything">Everything</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="hot">hot</span> <span word="surrounding">surrounding</span> <span word="us">us</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Jatah">Jatah</span> <span word="Surbakti">Surbakti</span>, <span word="a">a</span> 45-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="farmer">farmer</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="fled">fled</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="wife">wife</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="shelter">shelter</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="trucks">trucks</span> <span word="provided">provided</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span> <span word="agency">agency</span>, <span word="along">along</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="villagers">villagers</span>.</p><p><span word="No">No</span> <span word="casualties">casualties</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="status">status</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="volcano">volcano</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="raised">raised</span> <span word="from">from</span> “<span word="standby">standby</span>” <span word="to">to</span> "<span word="caution">caution</span>".</p>
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