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Mount Sinabung in Karo District, North Sumatra Province, produces a column of ash on Aug 10, 2020 (ANTARA)

Mount Sinabung , located in Karo Regency, North Sumatra again spewed a giant ash cloud on Monday (10/8) around 10.16 AM. A personnel from  the local Geology and Volcanology Monitoring Center,  Armen Putra , reported that the ash cloud spewed into the sky as high as around 5,000 meters from the mount peak or 7,460 meters above the sea level.  

“The ash cloud was very dark and it was  spread more to the south-east and east-north direction,” said Armen. The eruption of Mount Sinabung on the island of Sumatra comes after more than a year of inactivity and was the second since Saturday, as authorities warned residents and tourists about possible lava flows.

Earlier it was reported that the eruption was the third in August this year, and two times on Saturday (8/8). The first eruption was as high as 2,000 meters above the peak of the mountain and on Saturday afternoon was as high 1,000 meters above the peak of the mountain.

As of Monday, the Mount Sinabung is still at alert status. People and visitors especially in relocated villages have been told to keep distance as far away 5 kilometers south-east  and from east-north zones for safety.

Villagers  have also been advised to keep adequate supply of clean water and  clean-up roof tops of their houses  from volcanic ash.People living nearby rivers with water originating from the mountain have been told to stay alert from mud and lava flows from the eruption above. (rri.co.id)