More than 2,100 people evacuated as Indonesian volcano spews clouds of ash
More than 2,100 people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island have been evacuated because of the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibility of a tsunami.
Indonesia’s Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation recorded at least three eruptions since Friday afternoon, with the maximum height of the eruption column reaching 1,200 metres.
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