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19,000 FLEE ERUPTING VOLCANO IN INDONESIA

Excerpts taken from the Associated Press.

The Mount Sinabung volcano in North Sumatra was placed on the highest alert level in November, when it began erupting.

The volcano has been spewing lava, but suddenly erupted powerfully on New Year’s Eve. More eruptions followed, with a total of nine on Tuesday, setting off more evacuations within the vicinity of the volcano.

In 2010, two people were killed during an eruption, which caught vo...