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Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano erupts twice in three days
Indonesia's rumbling Mount Sinabung erupted Monday, sending volcanic materials as high as 16,400 feet into the sky and depositing ash on villages.
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MEDAN, Indonesia — Indonesia's rumbling Mount Sinabung erupted Monday, sending a column of volcanic materials as high as 16,400 feet into the sky and depositing ash on villages.
It is the second eruption since Saturday after the volcano sat dormant for more than a year.
Falling grit and ash accumulated up to 2 inches in already abandoned villages on the volcano's slopes, said Armen Putra, an official at the Sinabung monitoring post on Sumatra Island.
“The sound was like thunder, it lasted for less than 30 seconds,” resident Fachrur Rozi Pasi told Reuters by phone.
Farther afield in Berastagi, a tourist destination city in North Sumatra province, about 12.4 miles from the crater, motorists switched on headlights in daylight to see through the ash.
Videos and photos on social media showed people wore masks while outdoors.
There were no fatalities or injuries from the eruption, Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center said.
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