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Indonesia Orders Mass Evacuation as Alert Raised on Sumatra Volcano

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Indonesia ordered the evacuation of 15,000 residents near an active volcano in the west of the vast archipelago on Sunday, as authorities raised the emergency alert to the highest level. Mount Sinabung, on the island of Sumatra, has become increasingly active in recent months, spewing columns of ash miles into the air. Authorities expanded the evacuation radius to three miles while the military geared up to move residents out. About 6,000 have already been evacuated from...

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