Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano is spewing more hot clouds after an eruption forced the closure of schools and airports, pelted villages with volcanic debris and prompted hundreds of people to flee. Seven airports remained closed Wednesday after the eruption a day earlier, the second in two weeks.
Residents in northern Indonesia were evacuated on Wednesday while hundreds of others waited at Tagulandang port following the continued eruption of a volcano.Mount Ruang volcano is seen during the eruption from Tagulandang island, Indonesia , Wednesday, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Indonesia ’s Mount Ruang volcano erupted Tuesday for a second time in two weeks, spewing ash almost 2 kilometers into the sky, closing an airport and peppering nearby villages with debris.
Seven airports, including Sam Ratulangi international airport in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province, remained closed after Tuesday’s eruption,The Indonesian geological agency urged people to stay at least 7 kilometers from the volcano’s crater. It warned people on nearby Tagulandang Island, the closest to the volcano, of possible super-heated volcanic clouds from a further eruption and a tsunami if the mountain’s volcanic dome collapses into the sea.
Video released by the National Search and Rescue Agency showed about a hundred villagers from Tagulandang Island being evacuated on a navy ship. Hundreds of others were waiting at a local port to be evacuated. Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari said 11,000 to 12,000 people living within a 7-kilometer danger zone would be taken to government shelters.More than 2,100 people are evacuated as an Indonesian volcano spews clouds of ashAfter Mount Ruang’s April 17 eruption, authorities warned that a subsequent eruption might collapse part of the volcano into the sea.
Ruang is among about 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia. The archipelagic nation is prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes because of its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a series of fault lines stretching from the western coast of the Americas through Japan and Southeast Asia.
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