They released images of Indonesia’s Ruang volcano spewing ash. Due to the eruption, 12,000 people had to be evacuated from a town near Tagulandang Island.
Indonesia’s Ruang volcano erupts again on Tuesday. As a result of the enormous column of ash – which reached 5,000 meters in height – 12,000 people had to be evacuated.
Now, they released the images that were captured at the moment when smoke rises from the volcano. According to the Indonesian volcanological survey agency (PVMBG), the mountain erupted three timeswhich caused the release of lava and ashes several kilometers high.
Images of Indonesia’s Ruang volcano
Ruang volcano is located on Tagulandang Island. After its eruption, the ashes reached a nearby town on the island, ccovering it with dust and leading to the evacuation of thousands of people which were around 6 kilometers.
Indonesia, a large archipelago in Southeast Asia, is located in the so-called “Ring of Fire” of the Peaceful, which is why it frequently registers seismic and volcanic activity. In this case, the drones were able to capture the moment when the mountain spewed ash days after the eruption.
What was the eruption of the volcano in Indonesia like?
On Tuesday, the Ruang volcano erupted three times on Tuesday, spewing lava and ash up to a height of 5,000 meters. The phenomenon caused the closure of seven airports due to the ash cloud that reached Malaysia and forced the evacuation of 12,000 people for fear that the expelled material It would cause a tsunami when it fell into the sea.
The next day, the Indonesian meteorological agency shared a map showing that the ash had reached the Malaysian part of the Borneo island, shared with Brunei and Indonesia. That cloud was what caused the closure of airports, including that of the provincial capital Manado.
Julius Ramopolii, in charge of the Mount Ruang lookout post, said the volcano is still gave off smoke and ash and that the alert remained at the highest levelwith an exclusion zone of seven kilometers from the crater.
Source: Ambito
