Congo volcano leaves death and smoking wreckage, but major city spared
Reuters | May 24, 2021 11:09 PM EDT
An aerial view shows lava flowing from the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Photo : in the Democratic Republic of the Congo/Handout via REUTERS)
A volcanic eruption in eastern Congo left a smoking trail of destruction half a mile wide on Sunday that buried hundreds of houses and left residents searching for missing loved ones, before halting just short of the city of Goma.
Goma was thrown into panic on Saturday evening as Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world s most active and dangerous volcanoes, erupted, turning the night sky an eerie red and sending a wall of orange lava downhill towards the lakeside city of about 2 million people.
Published Monday, May 24, 2021 1:46PM EDT Last Updated Monday, May 24, 2021 11:46PM EDT KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The volcanic eruption in eastern Congo two days ago has killed at least 32 people, officials said Monday as residents searched for missing loved ones amid destroyed homes on the outskirts of the eastern city of Goma where aftershocks were detected. With little warning Mount Nyiragongo turned the dark sky fiery red Saturday night and then spewed torrents of lava into villages destroying more than 500 homes, officials and survivors said. The toll Monday increased from 22 to 32, and was likely to continue rising, saidccording to Joseph Makundi, head of Civil Protection for the North Kivu province. More than a dozen people died in car accidents while trying to escape, he said. Others were killed when lava hit their homes.
Death toll from DRC volcano rises to 32 1 minute read
Kinshasa, May 25 (EFE).- At least 32 people have died and 6,278 were injured after the Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo erupted, the Volcanological Observatory in Goma, a city about twenty kilometers from the volcano, confirmed to Efe on Tuesday.
Apart from four inmates who were shot dead while trying to escape from a prison amid the confusion and nine people who died in a traffic accident while attempting to leave the city, most of the deaths from Saturday’s eruption were due to the spewing hot lava or the suffocating gases released by the magma.
The volcanic eruption in eastern Congo two days ago has killed at least 32 people, officials said Monday as residents searched for missing loved ones amid destroyed homes on the outskirts of the eastern city of Goma where aftershocks were detected.
With little warning Mount Nyiragongo turned the dark sky fiery red Saturday night and then spewed torrents of lava into villages destroying more than 500 homes, officials and survivors said.
The toll Monday increased from 22 to 32, and was likely to continue rising, according to Joseph Makundi, head of Civil Protection for the North Kivu province. More than a dozen people died in car accidents while trying to escape, he said. Others were killed when lava hit their homes.
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