Indonesian authorities issued a cautionary statement on Wednesday, alerting to the potential for tsunami waves as the activity of Mount Ruang escalates. They emphasized that the volcanic eruption, ongoing for several days, has reached its peak level.
Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure, BNPB, has reported that Mt. Ruang, situated in North Sulawesi province, underwent a series of explosive eruptions. Initially, on Tuesday, an eruption sent a towering column of ash over a mile high from the summit, which extended further to a mile-and-a-half the following day.
On Thursday, another explosive eruption occurred, accompanied by thunderous sounds and seismic activity, projecting a cloud of black ash nearly two miles into the sky.
The eruption resulted in ash fall along with stones and gravel reaching residential areas on the Tagulandang coast Indonesia, causing injuries to several residents who required urgent medical attention, as reported by the Sitaro Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency.
In response, authorities have ordered the immediate evacuation of those in the Tagulandang Island vicinity and within approximately a four-mile radius of the volcano. The evacuation directive affects over 11,000 individuals. Additionally, coastal residents have been cautioned about the potential for tsunami waves, which historically were triggered by volcanic collapses into the sea, such as the devastating event in 1871 witnessed by Adolf Bernhard Meyere.
In his account published in the journal Nature, Meyere described the aftermath as “frightful,” noting the destruction of three villages and the loss of 416 lives due to a sea-wave shortly following the eruption.
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