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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Indonesia's Mount Sinabung Spits Powerful Burst Of Ash - Scores Flee As The Volcano Cover Nearby Vilages In Thick Ash! [STUNNING PHOTOS]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 08, 2013 - INDONESIA </span></b>- A plume of steam and ash rises as lava rolls from the crater of the Mount Sinabung volcano during an eruption as seen from the Karo district on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cCu0zf2ArVU/UnzgSdwepLI/AAAAAAABNcs/XsEn-W5L_as/s1600/sinabung01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cCu0zf2ArVU/UnzgSdwepLI/AAAAAAABNcs/XsEn-W5L_as/s1600/sinabung01.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount Sinabung in Indonesia has erupted for the third time in as many months. (Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B76Tq5kjg4k/UnzgSurA5sI/AAAAAAABNc0/sLGhHtOpEqo/s1600/sinabung02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B76Tq5kjg4k/UnzgSurA5sI/AAAAAAABNc0/sLGhHtOpEqo/s1600/sinabung02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount Sinabung spewing ash over 4 miles into the air and covering nearby villages in gray powder. <br />(Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X_lqMXBJ-qI/UnzgSYgMwEI/AAAAAAABNcw/_HynXdKj36A/s1600/sinabung05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X_lqMXBJ-qI/UnzgSYgMwEI/AAAAAAABNcw/_HynXdKj36A/s1600/sinabung05.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-avFN36cDwL4/UnzgSwHZ8CI/AAAAAAABNdE/soiPsEMtP7k/s1600/sinabung06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-avFN36cDwL4/UnzgSwHZ8CI/AAAAAAABNdE/soiPsEMtP7k/s1600/sinabung06.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ICfNiZwFyM0/UnzgTdfGdzI/AAAAAAABNdI/gRxTLC0kClM/s1600/sinabung07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ICfNiZwFyM0/UnzgTdfGdzI/AAAAAAABNdI/gRxTLC0kClM/s1600/sinabung07.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Hundreds of residents have been evacuated to safer areas as the volcano erupted anew following September eruptions. <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3YCknt4VGzE/UnzgodSwysI/AAAAAAABNdc/TRJHIbFwd3M/s1600/sinabung03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3YCknt4VGzE/UnzgodSwysI/AAAAAAABNdc/TRJHIbFwd3M/s1600/sinabung03.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A flower blossoms from vegetation covered with volcanic ash. (Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QisVt3ax8YM/UnzgoCBtYcI/AAAAAAABNdU/9WeUAD_9Yxg/s1600/sinabung04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QisVt3ax8YM/UnzgoCBtYcI/AAAAAAABNdU/9WeUAD_9Yxg/s1600/sinabung04.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students wear masks to protect their respiration from the volcanic ash from the eruption of <br />Mount Sinabung at an elementary school. (Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2mgh0vULdDE/UnzgoSB6nXI/AAAAAAABNdY/ZxMrERVfXcM/s1600/sinabung08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2mgh0vULdDE/UnzgoSB6nXI/AAAAAAABNdY/ZxMrERVfXcM/s1600/sinabung08.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Girl walks to school in masks, to protect their respiration from the volcanic ash from the eruption of <br />Mount Sinabung at an elementary school. (Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c15oAmq9zzs/UnzgpC6tE_I/AAAAAAABNds/UCnF4o8QCh8/s1600/sinabung09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c15oAmq9zzs/UnzgpC6tE_I/AAAAAAABNds/UCnF4o8QCh8/s1600/sinabung09.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Villages covered in ash from Mount Sinabung. (Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The 2 600m-high volcano has been erupting since Sunday, unleashing volcanic ash high into the sky and forcing the evacuation of villagers living around its slope. - <a href="http://www.news24.com/Multimedia/World/Hundreds-flee-as-Indonesia-volcano-erupts-20131107"><span style="color: orange;"><b>News 24</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

November 08, 2013 - INDONESIA - A plume of steam and ash rises as lava rolls from the crater of the Mount Sinabung volcano during an eruption as seen from the Karo district on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Mount Sinabung in Indonesia has erupted …

GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Indonesia's Mount Sinabung Spits Powerful Burst Of Ash - Reaching Over 23,000 Feet High; About 1,300 Villagers Evacuated; Alert Raised To Second Highest Level! [STUNNING PHOTOS]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 05, 2013 - INDONESIA </span></b>- A volcano in western <a class="inform_link" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Indonesia" rel="nofollow" target="_self" title="Title: Indonesia">Indonesia</a> erupted again Sunday, unleashing volcanic ash high into the sky and  forcing the evacuation of villagers living around its slope.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mtGsivyQZ-Q/UnmJiRh4ARI/AAAAAAABNGo/iq-UgiS2I28/s1600/sinabungvolcano02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mtGsivyQZ-Q/UnmJiRh4ARI/AAAAAAABNGo/iq-UgiS2I28/s1600/sinabungvolcano02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Officials from the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) watch the activity of Mount <br />Sinabung at Simpang Empat village in Karo district, Indonesia's north Sumatra province, November 3, 2013.  </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TrTQdCtEo-I/UnmJiW1MWdI/AAAAAAABNGk/PdpgNCJciyg/s1600/sinabungvolcano05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TrTQdCtEo-I/UnmJiW1MWdI/AAAAAAABNGk/PdpgNCJciyg/s1600/sinabungvolcano05.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lightning strikes as Mount Sinabung volcano spews ash and hot lava, at Simpang Empat village<br />in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province, September 18, 2013. </td></tr></tbody></table><br />Officials raised <a class="inform_link" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Mount+Sinabung" rel="nofollow" target="_self" title="Title: Mount Sinabung">Mount Sinabung</a>'s  alert status to the second-highest level after the 2,600-meter  (8,530-foot) -high mountain erupted early Sunday, said National Disaster  Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.<br /><br />Authorities were working to evacuate residents from four <a class="inform_link" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/North+Sumatra" rel="nofollow" target="_self" title="Title: North Sumatra">North Sumatra</a> province villages located within the mountain's three-kilometer  (two-mile) danger zone, Nugroho said. About 1,300 villagers have been  relocated to safer areas so far.<br /><br /><div class="promotion-tag"><div class="promotion-tag-p"><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2010/1026/World-s-most-active-volcanoes"></a>                                            </div></div><a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/11/03/mt-sinabung-erupts-again.html" target="_blank">The Jakarta Post reported</a>:  "A thundering sound was heard for around 10 minutes on Sunday morning  as volcanic ash rose to around 7,000 meters (23,000 feet) above the peak  of the volcano.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-szTFVs9UG9Y/UnmJ-Ce6P7I/AAAAAAABNG0/gqeHtS5X7UY/s1600/sinabungvolcano01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-szTFVs9UG9Y/UnmJ-Ce6P7I/AAAAAAABNG0/gqeHtS5X7UY/s1600/sinabungvolcano01.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount Sinabung spews ash and smoke as it is pictured from Tiga Pancur village in Karo district, <br />Indonesia's north Sumatra province, November 4, 2013.  </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fciBC9WP8BA/UnmJ-BXIb5I/AAAAAAABNG4/HkCg6byrUn0/s1600/sinabungvolcano03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fciBC9WP8BA/UnmJ-BXIb5I/AAAAAAABNG4/HkCg6byrUn0/s1600/sinabungvolcano03.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> The ash from Sinabung volcano covers trees and houses at Mardingding village in Karo district, <br />Indonesia's north Sumatra province, November 5, 2013.  </td></tr></tbody></table><br />As many as 1,293 residents from Mardinding and  Sukameriah villages have been evacuated due to an increase in seismic  activities of the volcano. The figure is likely to increase as more  residents from three villages – Bekerah, Simacem and Sukameriah – are  prepared to evacuate to Namanteran."<br /><br />It was the volcano's second  big eruption since late last month, with its Oct. 24 explosion prompting  the evacuation of more than 3,300 people.<br /><br />In September, more than  15,000 people were forced to flee when Mount Sinabung rumbled to life  after being dormant for three years.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tYS1BR2wacE/UnmKP_XlJdI/AAAAAAABNHE/KOs_9P3FgqM/s1600/sinabungvolcano04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tYS1BR2wacE/UnmKP_XlJdI/AAAAAAABNHE/KOs_9P3FgqM/s1600/sinabungvolcano04.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students wearing masks to protect themselves from volcanic ash from Sunday's Mount Sinabung eruption, as they <br />play with rattan rings at their school at Tiganderket village in Karo district, Indonesia's north Sumatra province</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ape-W4eXoCo/UnmKP6VvWBI/AAAAAAABNHI/9DOt_-yPlHM/s1600/sinabungvolcano06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ape-W4eXoCo/UnmKP6VvWBI/AAAAAAABNHI/9DOt_-yPlHM/s1600/sinabungvolcano06.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Villagers walk on a road covered with volcanic ash from Mount Sinabung's eruption in Mardingding, North Sumatra, <br />Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. The volcano erupted Sunday, unleashing volcanic ash high into the sky. <br />(AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The volcano's previous major  eruption, in August 2010, killed two people and forced 30,000 others to  flee. It caught many scientists off guard because it had been quiet for  four centuries.<br /><br />Mount Sinabung is among more than 120 active  volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to seismic upheaval due to its  location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault  lines encircling the <a class="inform_link" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Pacific+Ocean" rel="nofollow" target="_self" title="Title: Pacific Ocean">Pacific Basin</a>. - <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2013/1104/Indonesia-volcano-Mount-Sinabung-spews-ash-23-000-feet-high"><span style="color: orange;"><b>CS Monitor</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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November 05, 2013 - INDONESIA - A volcano in western Indonesia erupted again Sunday, unleashing volcanic ash high into the sky and forcing the evacuation of villagers living around its slope.Officials from the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mit…

GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Indonesia's Mount Sinabung Spits Powerful Burst Of Ash - Scores Flee As The Volcano Cover Nearby Vilages In Thick Ash! [STUNNING PHOTOS]

GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Indonesia's Mount Sinabung Spits Powerful Burst Of Ash - Reaching Over 23,000 Feet High; About 1,300 Villagers Evacuated; Alert Raised To Second Highest Level! [STUNNING PHOTOS]

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