A house is flooded as a nearby river was overflow due to the heavy rains of Hurricane Earl at Potters Village, in the outskirts of St. John's, Antigua, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Earl battered some islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday, rapidly intensifying into a major Category 3 storm on a path projected to menace the United States. (AP Photo/Johnny Jno-Baptiste)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday as it rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 storm taking a path projected to menace the United States. (AP News)
Here are some photos of some islands in Caribbean hit by the Hurricane Earl.
Army soldiers help to remove a fallen tree at the village of Liberta after the passage of Hurricane Earl near Antigua, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Johnny Jno-Baptiste)A house is flooded as a nearby river was overflow due to the heavy rains of Hurricane Earl at Potters Village, in the outskirts of St. John's,Antigua, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Johnny Jno-Baptiste)A sunken boat is seen after the passage of Hurricane Earl at the St. John's harbor, Antigua, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Johnny Jno-Baptiste)Luis Colon uses an umbrella to shield himself from rain and wind caused by the approaching Hurricane Earl in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)Winds caused by the approaching Hurricane Earl kick up waves in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)The top of a palm tree lays on the road after being blown off by winds caused by the approaching Hurricane Earl in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)Wind caused by the approaching Hurricane Earl kicks up waves and blows palm trees in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)A boy takes cover from a wave caused by the approaching of the Hurricane Earl in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
Mount Sinabung in Sumatra. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
On Sunday, Mount Sinabung on the north of Sumatra island erupted; and on Monday it erupted again.
The volcano was inactive for four centuries or four hundred years; since 1600.
It shot ash 2 km or 1.5 miles into the air.
Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials into the sky in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. The volcano that had been dormant for more than four centuries erupted for the second day in a row Monday, spewing out towering clouds of ash and forcing the evacuation of more than 21,000 people. (AP Photo/Roone Patikawa)
The eruption triggered the highest red volcano alert.
About 21,000 people left their houses because it is very dangerous to be near a volcano if it erupts.
Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010. The volcano spewed hot lava and sand high into the sky early Sunday in its first eruption in 400 years causing thousands of people living around its slope to evacuate their homes. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Hot lava and burning rocks from the volcano can burn houses, trees and everything on its way down the volcano.
Volcanic ash covered trees, plants, houses and everything in the area.
I wonder if Malaysian airspace and airport will be closed if the volcanic ash problems get worse …
Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)Volcanic ash from Mount Sinabung. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)Mount Sinabung volcano erupts. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)Mount Sinabung volcano erupts. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)Volcanic ash from Mont Sinabung in Indonesia. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
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