Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts, causes tsunami threat and airport closure

Mount Ruang started erupting in the evening on April 16, sending an ash cloud more than a mile into the sky.Its closure began on April 17 at 7.26 pm local time and will continue until the evening on April 18, the transport ministry statement said.MANADO, Indonesia - Indonesian rescuers raced to evacuate thousands of people on April 18 after a volcano erupted five times, forcing authorities to close a nearby airport and issue a warning about falling debris that could cause a tsunami.

Authorities said they were rushing to evacuate 11,000 residents from the nearby area that included the remote island of Tagulandang, home to around 20,000 people.“Last night people evacuated on their own but without direction due to the volcano’s eruption and materials in the form of small rocks that fell, so the people scattered to find evacuation routes,” Mr Jandry Paendong, an official from the local search and rescue agency, said in a statement on April 18.

Indonesia, a vast archipelago nation, experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, an arc where tectonic plates collide that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.

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