I was in the village of Kutarakyat one day before the mountain erupted. Kutarakyat village is 3.5 km from the volcano's summit turned into a crowded and changing panic, especially of women and children. Karo-Langkat main roads jammed because of the vehicle.
I used my bike to help the evacuation them, just 2 hours only a few villages had been emptied. As for the vacated village is the village sigarang-fierce, sikerah village, village gurukanayan, Sukanalu village, and the Sukameriah village.
After evacuation is complete I quickly took my camera out of the bag to take some pictures of the erupting Mount Sinabung. Volcanic dust is still out with a great look and can make it difficult, but only in few villages, Kuta Village folk do not get great effects that volcanic dust.
Nearly 6,000 people were evacuated from their villages following the eruption of Mount Sinabung in western Indonesia, an official said on Monday.
The 2,600-metre volcano in North Sumatra province erupted early on Sunday after being dormant for three years, sending thick ash into the sky with small rocks pelting nearby villages, said National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
He said almost 6,000 people had been evacuated and were being sheltered in seven locations. No injuries or damage was reported.
Most of the displaced were from six villages within 3 kilometres of the mountain in Karo district, Nugroho said.
Local authorities prepared 2,000 blankets and distributed masks to displaced people. They had also set up a health command post, Nugroho said.
On Monday grey smoke still billowed from the peak of North Sumatra's tallest volcano, carrying ash eastwards. The authorities asked residents to remain alert for more potential eruptions.
Bambang Ervan, a spokesman for the transport ministry, said on Monday that the eruption had delayed six flights at Kualanamu airport in the provincial capital of Medan on Sunday, but operations had returned to normal.
Three days later (Tuesday, sept, 17/2013) Sinabung erupted again, this time more severe eruption, Berastagi town and surrounding areas covered by volcanic ash up to only 5 meters visibility, people said the effects of volcanic ash is more severe than the eruption of 2010 ago.
Mount Sinabung's last eruption in August 2010 killed two people and forced some 30,000 people to flee. It caught many scientists off guard because they had failed to monitor the volcano, which had remained quiet for four centuries.
There are more than 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago nation. It is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called "ring of fire" – a series of faultlines stretching from the western hemisphere through Japan and south-east Asia.
