Two people have died and more than 30,000 were displaced when a long-dormant volcano in Indonesia erupted again last Monday, officials said.

    Mount Sinabung had been dormant for more than 400 years before it erupted early Sunday and erupted again for more than six hours Monday, shooting smoke more than five kilometers into the air. The rumbling sent tremors into nearby villages, where officials said local residents panicked.

    Smaller domestic flights have been deferred because of the volcanic ash but larger planes have not been affected, said Bambang Ervan of Indonesia’s Ministry of Transportation.

    After the eruption, glowing volcanic materials spewed out of the long-dormant mountain and could be seen as far as 10 kilometers away, the official Antara news agency reported. If the eruption continues, the two-kilometer-high smoke could disrupt aviation.

    Sinabung last erupted in 1600, and officials acknowledged that they had not been monitoring the volcano because it had been dormant for so long.

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        印尼地质减灾和火山学中心发布警告，命令火山区方圆六公里的村民加紧疏散。上周日，印尼锡纳朋火山突然爆发，在此之前研究人员都认为该火山是不活跃的。住在火山附近的村民都已撤出家乡，住在政府提供的避难所。村民们面临的直接危险就是呼吸道问题。空气中弥漫着浓烟和厚厚的灰尘，印尼卫生部已做好了预防工作，为当地居民分发了口罩。