HIGHEST ALERT. People fish at the port on Tagulandang island in Sitaro, North Sulawesi on Friday as the Mount Ruang volcano is seen in the background spewing smoke.
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. White smoke of “medium to high intensity” was seen billowing up to 100 meters above the crater, Abdul Muhari, the national disaster mitigation agency spokesman said in a statement.“We really need tarpaulin assistance as soon as possible, to temporarily cover the leaking roof,” said Herman Sahoa, a 64-year-old Tagulandang resident.Elsewhere houses could be seen lying empty and the electricity was out in parts of the island, the journalist said.
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.The closure of a nearby international airport in Manado city, more than 100 kilometers from the crater, was also extended to Friday evening, Abdul said.
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