INDONESIA: THOUSANDS EVACUATE TO MAKESHIFT SHELTERS AS MOUNT TALANG VOLCANO BECOMES MORE ACTIVE

Record ID: 646977

  • Title: INDONESIA: THOUSANDS EVACUATE TO MAKESHIFT SHELTERS AS MOUNT TALANG VOLCANO BECOMES MORE ACTIVE
  • Date: 12th April 2005
  • Summary: (BN08) SOLOK DISTRICT, WEST SUMATRA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (APRIL 12, 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF MOUNT TALANG 0.07 2. WIDE OF VILLAGE WITH MOUNT TALANG IN THE BACKGROUND 0.10 (NIGHT SCENES) 3. WIDE OF RESIDENTS GATHERED OUTSIDE INDOOR SPORTS STADIUM USED AS TEMPORARY SHELTER 0.14 4. SLV WOMAN CARRYING BABY 0.18 5. SLV RESIDENTS ARRIVING AT SHELTER 0.25 6. VARIOUS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN INSIDE SHELTER 0.34 7. VARIOUS OF RESIDENTS LIVING ON SLOPE OF MOUNT TALANG TAKING SHELTER AT THE SPORT STADIUM 0.42 8. CLOSE OF COUPLE SLEEPING ON FLOOR 0.46 10. SLV WOMAN AND CHILD 0.48 11. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Minang) YUSMALIDAR, RESIDENT SAYING: "It erupted twice, my children ran in panic. I'm worried about my heart condition. We had no choice but to evacuate here without our belongings." 1.01 12. TOPSHOT OF PEOPLE AT INDOOR SPORT STADIUM 1.05 13. SLV CHILDREN IN THE SHELTER SITTING ON THE FLOOR 1.09 (BN08) SOLOK DISTRICT, WEST SUMATRA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (APRIL 13, 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 14. VARIOUS OF RESIDENTS TAKING SHELTER IN MAKESHIFT TENTS 1.21 15. SLV LIVESTOCK BROUGHT BY RESIDENTS TO THE SHELTER 1.22 16. VARIOUS OF SPARKS AT MOUNT TALANG 1.27 17. VARIOUS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN INSIDE THE TENT 1.36 18. VARIOUS OF WOMAN HOLDING HER BABY 1.42 19. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED BY FIRE 1.54 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: SOLOK DISTRICT, WEST SUMATRA, INDONESIA
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Reuters ID: LVA41UKSLTWWO25DYMF244OVL0GF
  • Story Text: Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano rumbles.



    More than 25,000 panicked residents have been
    evacuated from the slopes of a volcano on Indonesia's
    Sumatra island and officials raised the alert level on
    Wednesday (April 13) as the mountain's activity intensified.

    The heightened rumbling of Mount Talang has coincided
    with a string of moderate earthquakes on Sumatra, which is
    still recovering from a massive December 26 quake and
    tsunami that killed nearly 130,000 people in Aceh province
    to the north.

    Local officials said 26,000 people had been evacuated
    from the slopes and areas around the 2,690 metre (9,825 ft)
    volcano in West Sumatra province, adding that number was
    likely to rise.

    Witnesses saw sparks of fire coming out of Mount Talang
    early on Wednesday morning. The volcano lies near the city
    of Padang, 938 km (528 miles) northwest of Jakarta.

    Vulcanologists said they could not confirm whether lava
    had actually spewed out. But smoke had billowed up to 1,000
    metres (3,280 ft) high from the volcano's crater and ash
    had travelled up to 12 km (7.5 miles) away.

    Scientists have warned of increased seismic activity in
    Indonesia as the plates that make up the earth's crust
    adjust following the magnitude 9 earthquake in December
    that triggered massive tsunami waves across the Indian
    Ocean.

    President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who has urged
    Indonesians not to see the spate of quakes and the December
    tsunami as a sign of more natural calamities to come, would
    visit the area later on Wednesday, officials in Jakarta
    said.

    Many residents spent the night in makeshift tents on
    open fields while others took refuge at government
    buildings and sports stadiums in nearby towns.

    "It erupted twice, my children ran in panic. I'm
    worried about my heart condition. We had no choice but the
    evacuate here without our belongings" said Yusmalidar, who had just
    bee
    n evacuated in a government truck with her
    husband and three children.

    One local official said there was a shortage of tents
    and water among residents.

    The mountain first began rumbling on Tuesday (April 12).

    Indonesia -- but especially Sumatra -- has been hit by
    daily aftershocks since the massive earthquake on Dec. 26.

    A quake off Sumatra on March 28 killed at least 676 people,
    many on Nias island off Sumatra's west coast.

    Indonesia is a vast archipelago of some 17,000 islands
    that lies along the geologically active "Pacific Ring of
    Fire" and has more than 100 active volcanoes.



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