Indonesian farmers flee as world's deadliest volcano rumbles

The Straits Times Wednesday 21st September, 2011

In this Oct 19, 2010 aerial photo, Mount Tambora's 10 kilometers (more than 7 miles) wide and 1 kilometer (half a mile) deep volcanic crater, created by the April 1815 eruption, is shown. -- PHOTO: AP MOUNT TAMBORA, Indonesia (AP) - Bold farmers in Indonesia routinely ignore orders to evacuate the slopes of live volcanoes, but those living o...

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