Tsunami & tectonics

An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet (three kilometers) in the air Friday, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week.

Mount Sinabung Spews New Burst of Ash; Recent Blast Felt Five Miles Away

An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet (three kilometers) in the air Friday, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week.

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Delegates from 26 ARF member countries and the European Union attended a meeting to exchange views on the management of disaster relief for victims of natural disasters. TAN Network's Juarawee Kittisilpa has the details.

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An Indonesian volcano sent a new, powerful burst of hot ash high into the air early Friday, violently shaking homes and trees along the slopes and sending panicked villagers scurrying back to safety. "This was a big one!" said 37-year-old Anto Sembiring, who fled his coffee shop not far from the crater's mouth, joining hundreds of others gathered near Mount Sinabung's base. "It shot up at least ...

TANAH KARO (Indonesia): Mount Sinabung, a volcano in North Sumatra, erupted again early Friday, sending a new, powerful burst of hot ash high into the air and violently shaking homes and trees along its slopes, sending panicked villagers scurrying back...

An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet (three kilometers) in the air Friday, sending frightened residents fleeing to ...

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Villagers returned to their homes along the fertile slopes of an Indonesian volcano that spewed hot ash and smoke after laying dormant for more than four centuries — an eruption that caugh...