Indonesia’s Sinabung volcano erupts again
After no activity for 400 years, Mount
Sinabung in Indonesia erupted today, August 10, for the fourth time in a
decade.
Mount Sinabung sent up a plume of ash
and volcanic materials as high as 5,000 metres into the sky, forcing many to
evacuate their homes.
Ash and grit from the active volcano
was deposited on nearby villages, leaving as much as two inches of residue on
those nearest its slope.
While there were no fatalities or
injuries reported, motorists from as far as 20 kilometres away were forced to
use headlights during the daytime to see through the ash.
It was the volcano’s second eruption since Saturday after no activity for more than a year.
Sinabung is one of more than 120
active volcanoes in Indonesia, located in the “Ring of Fire” where an arc of
volcanoes and fault lines encircle the Pacific Basin.
