Indonesian volcano erupts again
By The Associated Press
This article was published September 7, 2010 at 11:15 a.m.
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TANAH KARO, Indonesia — An Indonesian volcano shot a towering cloud of black ash high into the air Tuesday, dusting villages 15 miles away in its most powerful eruption since awakening last week from four centuries of dormancy.
Some witnesses at the foot of Mount Sinabung reported seeing an orange glow — presumably magma — in cracks along the volcano’s slopes for the first time. Vast swaths of trees and plants were caked with a thick layer of ash.
“There was a huge, thunderous sound. It sounded like hundreds of bombs going off at one,” said Ita Sitepu, 29, who was among thousands of people staying in crowded emergency shelters well away from the base. “Then everything starting shaking. I’ve never experienced anything like it.”
Mount Sinabung’s first eruption last week caught many scientists off guard.
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