A volcano in western Indonesia that has been spewing clouds of searing gas into the air over the past few weeks let out a new powerful avalanche of volcanic material on Thursday. The volcano spewed clouds of gas as high as one kilometer (0.6 miles) into the air, whilst volcanic material continued to slide as far as 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) towards the southeast. br br RT LIVE br Subscribe to RT! br Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Google+ Listen to us on Soundcloud: br RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.