Indonesian officials warned on Wednesday that tsunami waves could be possible as the eruption of Mt. Ruang intensifies. In a press release with the warning, officials said the status of the volcanic eruption, which has been occurring for days, is now at its highest level.Indonesia's National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure, known as BNPB, said Mt. Ruang, located in the North Sulawesi province, "experienced an explosive eruption" with a column of ash reaching more than a mile high from the...
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 has been spewing from the crater, as ash plumes are believed to have reached the stratosphere several miles into the sky. There have been...
Volcano Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia. Column of sulphur dioxide (SO2) in
Indonesia’s remote Mount Ruang volcano erupted several times again on Tuesday, the country’s volcanology agency said, forcing evacuations, the closure of a nearby international airport and the raising of the alert level to its highest. Authorities had warned the threat from the volcano was not over after it erupted more than half a dozen times […]
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
Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano has erupted for a second time in two weeks, spewing ash more than a mile into the sky, closing an airport and peppering nearby villages with debris
More than 11,000 people told to leave their homes after Mount Ruang erupted at least three times since Friday afternoonMore than 2,100 people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island were evacuated on Friday due to the dangers of ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibility of a tsunami.Indonesia’s volcanology centre recorded at least three eruptions since Friday afternoon, with the maximum height of the eruption column reaching 1,200 metres (3,900 ft)....
Eruptions at a remote Indonesian volcano have forced more than half a dozen airports to close, with ash spreading as far as Malaysia, according to officials, while authorities rushed to evacuate thousands due to tsunami fears. Mount Ruang erupted three times on Tuesday, spewing lava and ash more than 5km (three miles) into the sky and forcing authorities to issue evacuation orders for 12,000 people. A rescue ship and a warship were dispatched to help move people from neighbouring Tagulandang...
Residents were told not to get near the volcano
The Mount Ruang volcano in Indonesia's Ruang Island erupted multiple times
Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area.
Firefighters at the scene said a hazmat team evacuated the area.