
A man rides a motorcycle in the district of Tanah Karo outside the city of Medan, North Sumatra, as the Mount Sinabung volcano spews smoke in the background August 29, 2010.


People leave their village with their buffaloes after the Mount Sinabung volcano erupted in the district of Tanah Karo outside the city of Medan, North Sumatra August 29, 2010. The volcano erupted on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Sunday for the first time in four centuries, sending smoke and dust 1,500 metres (about 5,000 feet) into the air and prompting the evacuation of thousands of residents, officials said.

Villagers wearing face masks, who were evacuated from the area around the erupting Mount Sinabung volcano, wait at a shelter in Brastagi outside the city of Medan, North Sumatra August 29, 2010. The volcano erupted on the Indonesia island of Sumatra on Sunday for the first time in four centuries, sending smoke 1,500 metres (about 5,000 feet) into the air and prompting the evaucation of thousands of residents, officials said.
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