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萨尔瓦多一座火山爆发 Thousands of people in eastern El Salvador are leaving their homes after a volcano erupted on Sunday morning. 上周日上午，萨尔瓦多东部一座火山爆发，数千人被迫离开家园。 Some 300 communities live around the volcano. ? Residents in the coffee-producing region said they had heard a powerful explosion before the Chaparrastique volcano began spewing hot ash and smoke into the air.? ? No one has been hurt, say the authorities. Anyone living in a 3km radius will be evacuated.? Temporary shelters are being set up in the area.? ? Civil protection authorities say that some 5,000 people live in the area, in San Miguel province. ? The eruption began at 10:30 local time. ? The Salvadoran government says it had been monitoring the situation since 13 December, when they detected increased activity inside the volcano. ? There are more than 20 volcanoes in the small Central American nation. ? At 2,129 metres above sea level, Chaparrastique is the third highest volcano in the country. ? It spewed lava（岩浆） in 1976 and caused a strong tremor in the area in 2010.