Almost 20,000 Indonesians flee erupting volcano

An urgently important story coming out of Indonesia tonight.. Mount Sinabung has been erupting for months.. overnight last night it shot lava into the air nine times. As a result, 19,000 have been forced to flea as the volcano shows more signs it's ready to blow..

The thing I cannot stop thinking about was how it was just nine years ago, around Christmas 2004, when Indonesia was decimated by the massive tsunami resulting from an earthquake.. and now, the same area is worrying about a volcano that is threatening so many..

19,000 flea so far.
Media reports indicate a lot more may need to leave their home..

Mount Sinabung spews ash at Kebayaken village in the Karo district in Indonesia, December 4, 2013. The volcano spewed hot rocks and ash 7,000m in the air last night, displacing more than 19,000 people today. - Reuters pic, December 31, 2013.

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