Mount Sinabung
Warming up a bit. From
The Diplomat:
Indonesian Authorities Prepare for Disaster After Mount Sinabung Eruptions
More than 20,000 villagers have been evacuated from areas surrounding Mount Sinabung, a volcano on Indonesia�s western island of Sumatra, after dozens of eruptions over the New Year weekend. As many as 50 eruptions on Saturday alone rained black ash and molten rocks as lava trickled down the mountainside. A deadly release of superheated gas forced disaster mitigation authorities to extend an evacuation zone from five to seven kilometers from the volcano�s mouth.
Indonesia�s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) stated that the volcano had erupted at least 77 times in a 24 hour timeframe, with the subsequent plume of smoke reaching 4,000 meters into the sky at its peak.
According to Sutopo Purwo, a BNPB spokesperson, there are about 60 pyroclastic flows (fast-moving, fluidized mixtures of rock fragments and hot gas that occur after a volcanic eruption) pouring out of Mount Sinabung�s crater. He added that the flows currently reach as far as five kilometers downhill, with the volume �increasing every day.�
Things like this affect the weather much more than anything us monkeys can do. Look for an even cooler summer this year...
Posted by DaveH at January 7, 2014 11:57 AM