- Title: INDONESIA: Villagers flee after Indonesia's mount Sinabung erupts
- Date: 15th September 2013
- Summary: TANAH KARO DISTRICT, NORTH SUMATRA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (SEPTEMBER 15, 2013) (REUTERS) MOUNT SINABUNG SEEN FROM VILLAGERS HOUSES MOUNT SINABUNG SPEWING VOLCANIC ASHES VARIOUS VILLAGERS EVACUATING, CARRYING THEIR BELONGINGS CAR DRIVING AWAY FROM VILLAGE VARIOUS VILLAGERS WITH BELONGINGS VILLAGERS GATHERED AT A CHURCH CHIEF OF LOCAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY ASREN NASUTION TALKS TO OFFICIALS (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) CHIEF OF LOCAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY, ASREN NASUTION, SAYING: "Less than four thousand villagers have been evacuated and are staying in five shelters including a church you see right now." VARIOUS ASHES COMING OUT FROM MOUNT SINABUNG'S CRATER MEDAN, NORTH SUMATRA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (SEPTEMBER 15, 2013) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) TOLL GATE TO THE KUALA NAMU AIRPORT KUALA NAMU AIRPORT PASSENGERS LOOKING AT AIRCRAFT FROM AIRPORT TERMINAL VARIOUS AIRCRAFT ON TARMAC AIRCRAFT TAKING OFF CARS ON TOLL ROAD TO AIRPORT PASSENGERS LOOKING AT AIRCRAFT FROM AIRPORT TERMINAL KUALA NAMU AIRPORT DUTY MANAGER DJAMAL AMRI AT HIS OFFICE (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) KUALA NAMU AIRPORT DUTY MANAGER, DJAMAL AMRI SAYING: "This morning a few planes were held back due to visibility problems - it was only two hundred to three hundred metres - and because of the fog" SIGN "AIRPORT DUTY MANAGER" (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) KUALA NAMU AIRPORT DUTY MANAGER, DJAMAL AMRI SAYING: "It's definitely fog that mixes with ashes from the mount Sinabung eruption and we want to ask meteorologists and geophysics agency to examine it" MORE AMRI WORKING AT HIS OFFICE
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- Topics: Disasters
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- Story Text: Thousands of people fled the mainly farming land around Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano, the highest mountain in north Sumatra, after it erupted on Sunday (September 15).
Several hundred found shelter in a local church.
"Less than four thousands villagers have been evacuated and stayed in five shelters including a church you see right now," said Asren Nasution, a senior member of the local disaster management agency.
Local health centres handed out face masks to protect people from volcanic ash filling the air.
The eruption caused volcanic ash to rain over several areas surrounding the mountain and caused delays at Kualanamu airport, in the town of Medan, some 50 kilometres from the volcano.
"This morning a few planes were held back due to visibility problems - it was only two hundred to three hundred metres - and because of the fog," said Djamal Amri, airport duty manager.
"It's definitely fog that mixes with ashes from mount Sinabung eruption, and we want to ask meteorologists and geophysics agency to examine it," Amri added.
The national meteorology bureau urged residents to stay at least 3 kilometres away from the volcano. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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