Mount Sinabung Remains on Alert as 650 Residents Evacuate
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- Mount Sinabung in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province remains at Level III, or Alert, after erupting on Aug. 31.
- North Sumatra authorities evacuated about 650 residents of Kuta Tengah village to a shelter in Sukatepu village.
- Officials urged residents and tourists to stay away from the summit as seismic activity continued.
Mount Sinabung continued to spew volcanic ash over Karo district in North Sumatra on Wednesday, Sept. 2, while hundreds of residents affected by the eruption remained in evacuation shelters.
The volcano has stayed at Level III, or Alert, since it erupted on Monday, Aug. 31. The North Sumatra provincial government evacuated about 650 residents of Kuta Tengah village to a shelter in Sukatepu village, in Naman Teran subdistrict.
The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation reported continued volcanic activity on Wednesday morning. Its monitoring recorded five hybrid earthquakes and four deep volcanic earthquakes during the period beginning at 6 a.m. local time.
Authorities advised residents and tourists not to conduct activities around the summit because seismic activity still indicated ongoing volcanic activity. At the shelter, residents worked to protect their health from exposure to volcanic ash, including by wearing masks.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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