Indonesia’s Sinabung Volcano Spews Ash into Sky

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung was erupting Tuesday, sending volcanic materials as high as 16,400 feet into the sky and depositing ash on nearby villages.

Mount Sinabung in Indonesia is a volcano and is 8,530-feet tall. On 2nd march the Mount Sinabung erupted and sent volcanic materials 16,400 feet) into the sky. In the nearby villages ash began falling as well. In the past week, 13 times the volcano released ash clouds. There have been no fresh evacuations and no reports of disruptions to flights in the region. Mount Sinabung did not erupt for four hundred years before erupting in 2010, killing two people.

Another eruption in 2014 killed 17 people, while seven died in a 2016 eruption. Some 30,000 people have been forced to leave homes around Sinabung in the past few years. There are 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia. Sinabung is one of them. 

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