Residents living near Indonesia’s Ruang Volcano said the mountain’s eruption on early Tuesday (April 30) was /”massive,/” saying they /”knew it was coming/” as they waited on Wednesday (May 1) for the nation’s military ship to evacuate them away from the volcano. Wednesday’s eruption, which spewed lava and flows of ash clouds, prompted authorities to evacuate more than 12,000 people from Tagulandang, the nearest island from the volcano. The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) also raised the alert status of Ruang to the highest level and warned the residents of Tagulandang that a tsunami could be triggered by volcanic material collapsing into the ocean. Tuesday’s volcanic activity follows a series of eruptions earlier in April that forced hundreds of people to evacuate, caused damage to some homes, and the airport in the provincial capital of Manado to close.

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