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Mount Sinabung in red alert status

This morning eruption is the biggest in the last four years.

Rep: Zahrotul Oktaviani, Puti Almas/ Red: Reiny Dwinanda
Mount Sinabung erupts volcanic material, in Karo, North Sumatra, Monday.
Foto: Antara/Maz Yons
Mount Sinabung erupts volcanic material, in Karo, North Sumatra, Monday.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KARO -- Mount Sinabung in Karo district, North Sumatra, erupted again on Monday (Feb 19) morning. In the last four years, today's eruption was the biggest eruption.

"This morning, the biggest eruption occurred," said National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho on Monday (Feb 19).

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Mount Sinabung in Karo, North Sumatera releases volcanic materials on Monday (Feb 19). This is the biggest eruption in the last four years.

Mount Sinabung spew clouds of hot ash that reached approximately 5,000 meters. The clouds of hot ash moved towards south and southeast with a distance of about 1,000 meters and towards northeast  with a distance of about 3,500 meters and to the south as far as 4,900 meters.

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