Soputan volcano active again

Soputan volcano active again

MANADO, North Sulawesi: The chiefs of districts around the
1,820-meter Mt. Soputan have been asked to stay on alert and
monitor the volcano which has been showing increased activity
recently, Antara reported.

Spokesman of a local relief aid unit Boby Roring said on
Saturday that the chiefs were also asked to keep notes on the
plants destroyed by the layers of ash and sand spewed out by the
volcano.

The volcano in the Minahasa regency has been spewing ash and
sand across a radius of 20 kilometers. Small eruptions also occur
frequently.

So far, people living in the surrounding Tombatu and Ratahan
districts did not seem to be disturbed by the development, but
Regent Karel Senduk has asked them to be alert. (swe)