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Monday, September 16, 2013

Mount Sinabung in Karo , North Sumatra , erupted



Mount Sinabung
Mount Sinabung in Karo , North Sumatra , erupted

 Mount Sinabung in Karo , North Sumatra , erupted on Sunday at around 2:51 pm , spewing volcanic ash is dangerous .

" ( Residents ) are three villages in the district Naman Teran , namely Bekerah Village , Villages and Countryside Simacem Sigorong the sewers , this morning is preparing to evacuate or seek a safe place , " said Head of Public Relations Kominfo Karo District , Jhonson Tarin contacted Reuters from Medan .

Vans have been deployed to bring the residents to flee to government-owned pavilion Karo and Jambur in the area .

" We do not do not want to due to the volcanic eruption , causing loss of life or injury - luka.Upaya citizens first is to save the inhabitants of the mountain location , " he said .

Is the highest peak of Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra , with an altitude of about 2,600 meters . In addition there Sibayak which is the second highest peak with an altitude of 2,040 meters .

Both are active volcano in North Sumatra .

 Number of people displaced by the eruption of Mount Sinabung in Karo , North Sumatra , to Friday at 19:00 pm , there were 4,739 people .

Regent Karo , Karo Jambi Taxable Measure Between Surbakti answer in Kabanjahe on Sunday , said earlier that the number of refugees reached as many as 3,710 people in five locations .

However , he said , the number of refugees from villages that had grown to as many as 4,739 people and placed at eight locations in the City Kabanjahe .

" The estimated number of people displaced by the eruption of Mount Sinabung it will continue to grow in line with the developments taking place at the scene , " said Kena Measure after reviewing refugees placed in GBKP City totaled 1,400 people .

Regent said , he and the relevant agencies have been doing peninjuan to some villages at the foot of Mount Sinabung and residents there have been moved to a safe location .

Because, he said , the eruption of Mount Sinabung could happen again , because the volcano was still spewing thick smoke visible .

" People are not far from the location of the eruption of the volcano have been evacuated to shelters in Kabanjahe , " he said .

When asked what they were resident in the village who are considered prone to disasters , Kena Measure said , till now there is no longer , and has been relocated . But many people who leave their animals .

" All the residents were evacuated from several villages that were in shelters in Kabanjahe , " said the regent .

The data obtained in the Post Disaster Shelter Sinabung , mention of the amount of 4,739 refugees , namely sebayak 1,453 people were Jambur Sempakata , Klasis GBKP ( 590 people ) and GBKP town ( 1,400 people ) . Jambur Umbrella ( 420 people ) , Jambur Terrace Berastagi ( 700 people ) , Great Mosque ( 60 people ) , Sentrum PPWG Kabanjahe ( 56 people ) and the Catholic Church ( 60 people ) .


 Mount Sinabung in Karo , North Sumatra , on Sunday about 09:00 pm , still spewing volcanic ash and small stones , pascaletusan which occurred at around 2:51 pm.

" A burst of volcanic ash continues to occur , but not as much this morning , " said Pakor Ginting , monitors Mount Sinabung , in the Lau Kawar , Karo District .

While the sparks from the crater barely visible anymore .

He explained that the volcanic ash is dominant leading to most of the villages located in the District Namanteran .

The volcanic ash also began to envelop the house and neighborhood residents vegetable farm at the foot of Mount Sinabung .

The conditions require that some villagers in the surrounding hills of Mount Sinabung since dawn to evacuate to a location that is considered safe from the spread of dust which the active volcano spewed .

Information gathered from the Regional Disaster Management Agency ( BPBD ) Karo District , said most of the residents of four villages in the vicinity of Mount Sinabung had been evacuated .

Four villages , each village Sinabung , Kutarayat , Kutagunggung , Simacem , and Bekerah .

They were evacuated temporarily to a number of customary Jambur or meeting hall and pavilion at the official residence of the Regent Karo Kabanjahe .

BPBDs local officials aided the military and police personnel continue to assist the evacuation of residents in the vicinity of the mountain that erupted at around 2:51 pm it .

Meanwhile , the Center for Volcanology Geological Hazard Mitigation raised the alert status to the mountain ( Level III ) .

With the status of the third level , otherwise there should be no activity in a radius of three kilometers from the crater of Mount Sinabung .

Until now, the team BNPB and BPBD North Sumatra located in the disaster area are still monitoring the activities of Mount Sinabung .

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