Sinabung volcano (Sumatra, Indonesia): man killed by mud flow, activity update
Friday Oct 16, 2015 | BY: T
Ash plume from Sinabung during the explosion and pyroclastic flow on 13 Oct 15, 06:30 am local time (image: @LeopoldAdam / twitter)
Unfortunately, it indirectly claimed another victim: heavy rains in recent days have appeared and produced numerous mud flows (lahars) that caused damages in various places, but also a victim: on 9 October, a lahar traveled through the Susuk riverbed near Tiganderket village on the western slope and hit a couple on a motorcycle while crossing the valley. It killed the driver who could not escape the muddy torrent, while his wife survived clinging to a tree trunk.
As to the volcano's activity, VSI reported a gradual decline in the tremor since July, but a slight increase of SO2 and CO2 output as well as inflation of the volcanic edifice on the other hand, which could indicate that a new batch of magma is rising within the volcano.
This could explain a larger explosion and pyroclastic flow that occurred on 13 Oct, producing an ash plume that reached 3 km height and a flow that traveled at least 3 km length.
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sinabung/news/54914/Sinabung-volcano-Sumatra-Indonesia-man-killed-by-mud-flow-activity-update.html
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