{"id":617459,"date":"2024-04-19T10:59:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T07:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/indonesia-on-alert-for-more-eruptions-at-remote-volcano\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T10:59:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T07:59:20","slug":"indonesia-on-alert-for-more-eruptions-at-remote-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/indonesia-on-alert-for-more-eruptions-at-remote-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"#Indonesia on alert for more eruptions at remote volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28850ecc959\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28850ecc959\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/indonesia-on-alert-for-more-eruptions-at-remote-volcano\/#Thousands_evacuated\" >Thousands evacuated<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/mount-ruang-erupted-ne.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2024\/mount-ruang-erupted-ne.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Mount Ruang erupted nearly a dozen times in 24 hours, stirring a spectacular mix of fiery orange lava, a towering ash column and volcanic lightning.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/mount-ruang-erupted-ne.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Ruang erupted nearly a dozen times in 24 hours, stirring a spectacular mix of fiery orange lava, a towering ash column and volcanic lightning\" title=\"Mount Ruang erupted nearly a dozen times in 24 hours, stirring a spectacular mix of fiery orange lava, a towering ash column and volcanic lightning.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Mount Ruang erupted nearly a dozen times in 24 hours, stirring a spectacular mix of fiery orange lava, a towering ash column and volcanic lightning.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Indonesian authorities were on alert Friday for more eruptions from a remote island volcano that forced thousands to evacuate this week, as nearby residents began clearing debris after molten rocks rained down on their villages.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>Mount Ruang erupted nearly half a dozen times in 24 hours beginning late Tuesday, stirring a spectacular mix of fiery orange lava, a towering ash column and volcanic lightning.<\/p>\n<p>While officials said Ruang had started to calm Friday, authorities maintained the highest alert level of a four-tiered system, which indicates high volcanic activity.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of locals on neighboring Tagulandang island were seen cleaning up volcanic material from the harbor and their yards on Friday morning with the help of soldiers and police officers, according to an AFP journalist.<\/p>\n<p>Some described their panic and rush to safety when the eruption began.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I evacuated. There was a house. I stayed there. And then it rained and rocks fell. I prayed &#8216;God have mercy, please help me God&#8217;,&#8221; Ninice Hoata, a 59-year-old teacher, told AFP on Tagulandang.<\/p>\n<p>White smoke of &#8220;medium to high intensity&#8221; was seen billowing up to 100 meters (328 feet) above the crater, Abdul Muhari, the national disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) spokesman said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/police-officers-helped.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2024\/police-officers-helped.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Police officers helped locals sweep volcanic debris on the ground after eruptions at Mount Ruang.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/police-officers-helped.jpg\" alt=\"Police officers helped locals sweep volcanic debris on the ground after eruptions at Mount Ruang\" title=\"Police officers helped locals sweep volcanic debris on the ground after eruptions at Mount Ruang.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Police officers helped locals sweep volcanic debris on the ground after eruptions at Mount Ruang.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other residents pleaded for more assistance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We really need tarpaulin assistance as soon as possible, to temporarily cover the leaking roof,&#8221; said Herman Sahoa, a 64-year-old Tagulandang resident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are worried there will be a follow-up because there is information about that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Thousands_evacuated\"><\/span>Thousands evacuated<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Elsewhere houses could be seen lying empty and the electricity was out in parts of the island, the journalist said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said Thursday communications had been knocked out on parts of both Ruang and Tagulandang island, which hosts around 20,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>More than 6,000 residents of Tagulandang had been evacuated to the other side of the island that faces away from the crater, Joikson Sagunde, an official from the Sitaro islands disaster management agency, told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>A day earlier authorities said they hoped to evacuate 11,000 people in the exclusion zone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/indonesia-volcano.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2024\/indonesia-volcano.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Map of Indonesia locating Mount Ruang, a stratovolcano in North Sulawesi Province.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/indonesia-volcano.jpg\" alt=\"Indonesia volcano\" title=\"Map of Indonesia locating Mount Ruang, a stratovolcano in North Sulawesi Province.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Map of Indonesia locating Mount Ruang, a stratovolcano in North Sulawesi Province.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The closure of a nearby international airport in Manado city, more than 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the crater, was also extended to Friday evening, Abdul said.<\/p>\n<p>The alert level upheld a six-kilometer (3.7-mile) exclusion zone around the crater, as well as warnings about further eruptions and parts of the volcano collapsing into the sea that could cause a tsunami.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the crater of Mount Anak Krakatoa between Java and Sumatra islands partly collapsed when a major eruption sent huge chunks of the volcano sliding into the ocean, triggering a tsunami that killed more than 400 people and injured thousands.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia, a vast archipelago nation, experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific &#8220;Ring of Fire&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                  \u00a9 2024 AFP\n                                             <\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                Indonesia on alert for more eruptions at remote volcano (2024, April 19)<br \/>\n                                                retrieved 19 April 2024<br \/>\n                                                from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2024-04-indonesia-eruptions-remote-volcano.html<\/p>\n<p>                                             This document is subject to copyright. 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