An eruption of a volcano in Indonesia spews ash up to 2 km

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com - Nasser Haddad - The explosion of the &quot;Gamalama&quot; volcano in Indonesia caused ash to reach a height of 2 kilometers into the sky, which caused the closure of an airport near the area and warned specialists of the danger of ash to air traffic.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Nine injuries were recorded during the process of evacuating the area from the population due to the explosion, while there are still people missing. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/002.jpg" style="height:432px; width:550px" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Ternate Island is located in eastern Indonesia and contains several active volcanoes</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Volcanic ash continued to accumulate on the island of Ternate, which raised serious concerns about the danger of lava, especially in riverbeds, reaching residential communities, according to a report from the National Disaster Management Agency in North Maluku.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> This volcanic activity was accompanied by 67 earthquakes during the last 30 days, ranging in intensity from 4 to 6.8 on the Richter scale.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Related topics:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong><a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/بركان-سينابونغ-يشُل-مظاهر-الحياة-بقرى-سومطرة"><span style="font-size:13px; line-height:1.6em">Sinabung volcano paralyzes villages in Sumatra</span></a></strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong><a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/بالصور-شاهد-كيف-انشقت-الأرض-في-اندونيسيا-بعد-زلزال-عنيف"><span style="font-size:13px; line-height:1.6em">Watch how the earth split in Indonesia after a violent earthquake</span></a></strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong><a href="http://www.arabiaweather.com/content/تسونامي-اندونيسيا-أعنف-الكوارث-الطبيعية-في-التاريخ"><span style="font-size:13px; line-height:1.6em">Indonesia tsunami.. the deadliest natural disaster in history</span></a></strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>