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VIDEO : Indonesians urged to flee volcano.

Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:08pm EDT
Oct. 17 - Thousands are evacuated from their homes to shelters as Indonesia's Mount Kelud threatens to erupt.

Mount Kelud is located 90 kilometres (56 miles) from the country's second-largest city, Surabaya. 100,000 people who live within 10 kilometres (6 miles) on the volcano have had to leave their homes.

Indonesia, which sits on a belt of intense seismic activity known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, has had a series of major volcanic eruptions over the centuries.

Puja Bharwani reports.

Soundbite:Head of Indonesia's Centre For Volcanology, Surono



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