Monday, September 16, 2013

Thousands evacuated after volcano eruption in Indonesia

On Sunday Mount Sinabung erupted in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mount Sinabung has an altitude of about 2,600 meters and is the highest mountain in North Sumatra. The eruption caused more than 6,000 people to evacuate the area. It covered North Sumatra, the province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, in ash. The inhalation of the ash caused five people to suffer from breathing problems, but luckily there were no casualties. The evacuees took shelter in eight main evacuation centers. They were given rice and some of them actually returned to their homes momentarily to make sure their farms and livestock were doing okay. They then returned to the evacuation center. 



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