Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano erupts after 400 years
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung has seen repeated eruptions in recent weeks, with billowing smoke and incandescent lava flows emerging from the volcano.- A woman wearing a facemask, as protection from volcanic ash, harvests ash covered chillies and tomatoes at a village in Karo.
- A resident of Karo district uses a lawnmower to remove ash from his vegetable fields in North Sumatra.
- In February this year, an eruption claimed 16 lives and forced hundreds of others to flee.
- Mount Sinabung spews lava and gas during its eruption as seen from Jeraya, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
- Hundreds were forced to flee when the volcano erupted in a series of huge blasts.
- Mount Sinabung spews pyroclastic smoke, seen from Tiga Pancur village on October 13, 2014 in Berastagi, Karo district, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
- It is now among more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the "Pacific Ring of Fire".
- Mount Sinabung, among about 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia, has sporadically erupted since 2010 after being dormant for 400 years.
- More than 22,000 people were evacuated from the area after eruptions earlier this year that killed at least 16 people. Most have returned home, but about 4,700 remain in evacuation centers.
- Nugroho says the eruption of the 2,600-meter (8,530-foot) volcano in North Sumatra province didn't cause more evacuations, and its alert status remains at the third-highest level.
- The volcano in western Indonesia has sent a new, powerful burst of hot ash into the air. National disaster management agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho says Mount Sinabung erupted for about 15 minutes, creating an avalanche of hot clouds as far
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung has seen repeated eruptions in recent weeks, with billowing smoke and incandescent lava flows emerging from the volcano.
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano erupts after 400 years
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