Indonesia shut a provincial airport and evacuated hundreds of people from the vicinity of the Ruang volcano after it belched explosive plumes of lava, rocks and ash for days, officials said on Thursday (April 18), declaring the highest alert on the situation.
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00:00 "Oh my God!
00:04 Astagfirullahalazim.
00:06 Hurry guys!"
00:10 Indonesian authorities raised the alert level of Sulawesi's Mount Ruang to the highest and
00:15 issued a tsunami warning after volcanic activities spiked late on Wednesday.
00:23 More than 800 people were evacuated from the area, with authorities widening the evacuation
00:29 zone further after the volcanology agency raised the alert status.
00:34 The agency had also received reports that falling rocks and ash damaged homes and forced
00:40 a nearby hospital to evacuate.
00:43 Transport authorities shut the airport in the provincial capital of Manado to protect
00:47 against the showers of ash from the eruption.
00:50 Budget Airline Air Asia cancelled flights with nine airports in East Malaysia and Brunei
00:56 after aviation authorities warned of a safety threat.
01:00 Officials have also flagged the risk of a tsunami if parts of the mountain collapse
01:05 into the ocean below.
01:07 About 400 people were killed in a tsunami unleashed by a previous eruption of the volcano
01:13 in 1871.
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