Indonesia raises alert status to highest level, evacuates villagers after multiple volcano eruptions

Mount Ibu erupted again on Friday morning, spewing a tower of volcanic ash 4 000 metres above its peak. Authorities raised the alert status for Mount Ibu, located on remote Halmahera island, to the highest level of a four-tiered system on Thursday after recording two huge eruptions for the second day in a row.

Authorities raised the alert status for Mount Ibu, located on remote Halmahera island, to the highest level of a four-tiered system on Thursday after recording two huge eruptions for the second day in a row. He said the evacuation was a"preventive" measure taken by authorities since the residents were living around seven kilometres from the volcano - within the exclusion zone set by officials.Ibu erupted again on Friday morning, spewing a tower of volcanic ash 4 000 metres above its peak, the country's geology agency head Muhammad Wafid said in a statement.

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