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Hundreds evacuated in Jakarta after volcano spews ash
At least 600 people have been evacuated in eastern Indonesia after a volcano began spewing ash, a vulcanologist said on Wednesday.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:10 April 16, 2008
Jakarta: At least 600 people have been evacuated in eastern Indonesia after a volcano began spewing ash, a vulcanologist said on Wednesday.
Mount Egon on Flores island started to erupt late on Tuesday, emitting grey ash up to 4,000 metres above the crater.
Authorities immediately raised the alert to orange, one notch below the highest level.
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