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Indonesia’s Mount Lokon volcano erupts, spewing ash 3.5 km high
Posted on November 29, 2012
November 29, 2012 – INDONESIA – Mount
Lokon volcano in North Sulawesi erupted on Wednesday, spewing ash up to
3.5 kilometers to the sky, without report of fatality and evacuation,
officials said. Head of National Volcanology Surono said that the
eruption took place at 10:05 local time (0205 GMT). He said that the
agency had asked people living near the crater to be alert. “We issued
warning to the people living 2.5 kilometers from the crater,” Surono
told Xinhua by phone. Spokesman of National Disaster Management and
Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho confirmed that there was
no evacuation after the eruption. “There is still no need for
evacuation,” he told Xinhua by phone. Indonesia, an archipelago country,
is home to 129 active volcanoes. –Xinhua
Thanks to: http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com
Posted on November 29, 2012
Lokon volcano in North Sulawesi erupted on Wednesday, spewing ash up to
3.5 kilometers to the sky, without report of fatality and evacuation,
officials said. Head of National Volcanology Surono said that the
eruption took place at 10:05 local time (0205 GMT). He said that the
agency had asked people living near the crater to be alert. “We issued
warning to the people living 2.5 kilometers from the crater,” Surono
told Xinhua by phone. Spokesman of National Disaster Management and
Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho confirmed that there was
no evacuation after the eruption. “There is still no need for
evacuation,” he told Xinhua by phone. Indonesia, an archipelago country,
is home to 129 active volcanoes. –Xinhua
Thanks to: http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com
