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Violent volcano erupts in Indonesia - She blows!
We will find out within a week whether this is a big one. In the mean time you can research âThe year without a summerâ to find out what we have to look forward to if it is big one. Clue = a lot of unemployed climate change experts. A MAJOR eruption shook a volcano in northeastern Indonesia today, hurling stones and spewing smoke, but causing no injuries because the thousands of villagers living along the mountains slopes already were evacuated.The explosion on Mount Awu in Sangihe Island, some 2,160 kilometres northeast of Jakarta, was followed by several smaller blasts and aftershocks. Volcanologists predicted that the eruptions would continue for some time. "Mount Awu has already begun to explode with the major eruption on Thursday morning," said Syamsul Rizal, a volcanologist dispatched to the island. "We cannot predict when it will end since many smaller blasts and aftershocks continue to occur," he said. The eruption threw up rocks near the volcanoâs crater and spewed smoke about 3,000 metres into the air, but there was no lava flow, Mr Rizal said. These kinds of volcanos eject gas and dust or explode rather than produce large lava flows. Posted by: Phil B 2004-06-09 |
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