MAUROLE, Indonesia (AFP) - More than 500 people have been evacuated from a tiny Indonesian island where a volcano erupted at the weekend, spewing rocks and lava that killed five villagers, an official said.
Mount Rokatenda, on Palue island in East Nusa Tenggara province, threw red-hot ash two kilometres (1.2 miles) into the sky Saturday and unleashed torrents of molten lava onto a beach, killing three adults and two children as they slept.
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