Indonesia's Ruang volcano spews more hot clouds after eruption forces closure of schools, airports
Wednesday, 1 May 2024 Mount Ruang eruption leads to closures, ash fallout, evacuations. No casualties. Indonesia's vulnerability to eruptions due to its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Thousands of people have been evacuated after Indonesia's Mount Ruang started erupting on 30 April, spewing lava and ash more than five kilometres into the sky. Authorities have issued the highest level of alert due to the threat of a tsunami from debris sliding into the sea.
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A team of volunteers in Indonesia travels to Mount Ruang by boat on rescue missions to save abandoned pets from the foot of the volcano. Some of the animals were found trapped under rubble and thick..