Indonesian volcano eruptions raise alert level

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Indonesian volcano eruptions raise alert level
Jakarta, Nov 28, DPA:

Mount Bromo volcano on Indonesia's Java island spewed ash into the air from a series of minor eruptions Sunday, prompting scientists to warn of possible danger to flights.

Gede Suantika, head of the Centre of Vulcanology and Geological Mitigation, said the ash had reached the Abdurahman Saleh Airport in nearby city of Malang.

Mount Bromo's status was upgraded to top alert Friday and placed off-limits to visitors, but no evacuation order was issued for residents living nearby.

The 2,329-metre peak, about 750 km east of Jakarta, is a popular tourist destination. Two tourists were killed when the volcano erupted in 2004.

Indonesia has about 500 volcanoes, nearly 130 of them active and 68 classified as dangerous.

 

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Mount Bromo volcano spews smoke and ash as seen from Ngadisari village in Indonesia's East Java province November 27, 2010. Mount Bromo is showing signs of increasing activity, prompting the authorities to raise its status to alert level, an official said.​

 

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Villagers watch Mount Bromo spewing volcanic material as seen from Ngadisari village in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010.​

 

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Members of the Disaster Response Team (TAGANA) observe Mount Bromo volcano as it spews smoke and ash as seen from Ngadisari village in Indonesia's East Java province November 27, 2010​

 

[bakaroo]

Volcano eruption and earth quakes have been few and far between in the past. In the last few years, Volcano eruption and particularly earth quakes have been occuring rather frequenlty, hope these are not a build up to something big in 2012.

 

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Mount Bromo spews volcanic materials as it erupts in this aerial shot taken from an Indonesian Air Force airplane that flies over Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. The smoking volcano on Indonesia's main island has forced the closure of a local airport after it came back to life last week following a year long lull.​