Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano spewed more hot clouds on Wednesday after an eruption the previous day forced the closure of schools and airports, pelted villages with volcanic debris and prompted hundreds of people to flee. Seven airports, including Sam Ratulangi international airport in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province, remained closed after Tuesday’s eruption, […]
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Ruang volcano erupts with fierce lightning storm, blazes nearby school
Indonesia’s Ruang volcano erupted on Tuesday with a blaze of lightning and lava. This explosion is the latest of six major eruptions, the last just over three weeks ago, and the source of more than 3,500 earthquakes this month, according to the Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation. Tuesday’s eruption lofted lava and embers […]
Indonesia’s Mount Ruang erupts again, spewing ash and peppering villages with debris
MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano erupted Tuesday for a second time in two weeks, spewing ash almost 2 kilometers (more than a mile) into the sky, closing an airport and peppering nearby villages with debris. The alert level of the volcano on Sulawesi Island was again raised to the highest level by […]
Worry of partial collapse of erupting Indonesia’s Mount Ruang raises concern of potential tsunami
JAKARTA, Indonesia – A volcano in Indonesia has recently experienced a series of powerful and explosive eruptions, prompting concerns of a potential tsunami. Mount Ruang on Tagulandang Island, one of the Sangihe Islands located off the northern coast of Sulawesi, has erupted at least five times since Tuesday, the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia said. Lava […]
Indonesia’s Ruang volcano erupts in spectacular fashion
Hundreds of people in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province have been evacuated after eruptions of the Ruang volcano. Most of the island’s 800 residents were evacuated to nearby Tagulandang Island, Reuters reported. According to the Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation, over 1,000 earthquakes occurred two days prior to Wednesday’s eruption, while the volcano spewed […]
Indonesia’s Ruang volcano erupts as hundreds evacuated amid spewing lava, ash clouds
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Hundreds of residents in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province were evacuated Wednesday due to multiple eruptions from the Ruang volcano. Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure, known as BNPB, has reported that the volcano on Ruang island, located about 62 miles from the provincial capital Manado, has erupted multiple times since Tuesday, emitting […]