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Indonesia raises alert level to highest, warns of tsunami as volcano erupts

An airport in Madano city, the capital of Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province, has been ordered closed while hundreds of people evacuated and the alert level raised to the highest on April 18 due to large-scale volcanic eruptions of Mount Ruang.
Indonesia raises alert level to highest, warns of tsunami as volcano erupts ảnh 1Mount Ruang in North Sulawesi province, Indonesia, erupts on April 17, 2024. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – An airport in Madano city, the capital of Indonesia’s NorthSulawesi province, has been ordered closed while hundreds of people evacuatedand the alert level raised to the highest on April 18 due to large-scale volcaniceruptions of Mount Ruang.

On late April 17, the Indonesian Centre for Volcanology andGeological Hazard Mitigation released a tsunami alert after Mount Ruang in NorthSulawesi continued to spew lava and ash high into the sky.

More than 11,000 people have been requested to evacuate. Budget airline Air Asia cancelled flights with nine airports inEast Malaysia and Brunei after aviation authorities warned of a safety threat.

Eruptions on April 17 evening followed small-scale eruptions since April 16 morning.

The Jakarta-basedcentre urged immediate evacuation of all tourists and residents within a 6km radiusof the volcano, including Ruang Island and nearby Tagulandang Island.

Earlier,this centre reported that local authorities had evacuated 828 residents in TagulandangIsland.

Mount Ruang, about 100km from Manado, is 725m above sea level.

Indonesia sits on thePacific Ring of Fire, where the meeting of continental plates causes highvolcanic and seismic activity. It is one of the countries with the most numbersof active volcanoes./.   
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