DR Congo: Volcanic evacuation order sparks massive exodus Goma | n Volcanic News
Authorities order evacuation As the risk of new eruptions from Mount Nyiragon appears, people are fleeing 1.5 million cities.
Tens of thousands of people have fled the Congolese city of Goma after officials ordered the evacuation of parts of the city due to the risk of further eruptions from Mount Nyiragon.
The evacuation order was shaken by the strong accidents that occurred in the early morning on Tuesday morning, which shook the region every 10 to 15 minutes.
Nyiragon, the most active volcano on the African continent, he roared to life on Saturday, leaving about 20,000 people homeless and at least 32 dead, according to the United Nations.
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Strong accidents following the volcano on Mount Nyiragon in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have shaken as the death toll from the latest eruption that displaced hundreds of families has risen to 32.
Three days after the most active volcano in Africa came back to life, tremors shook the region every 10 to 15 minutes on Tuesday morning. A few centimeters (more than an inch) wide cracks appeared on the ground and on roads in various areas, including near the main hospital in Goma, a city of about two million people about 12 kilometers from Mount Nyiragon.
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Electricity has been cut off in the city of Goma as some residents leave their homes and head for the border around Rwanda.
Mount Nyiragon in eastern eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, has erupted, sending terror terrorists from the nearby city of Goma, even though a volcanologist seems to be in no danger to the city.
The city cut off electricity and some residents began to leave their homes on Saturday on the border around Rwanda.
The military governor of North Kivu province, the capital of Goma, “confirmed the eruption of the Nyiragon volcano … around 19:00 [17:00 GMT]”.
The regional military governor said the lava flow stopped outside the eastern city when thousands of gums were evacuated.
The river of boiling lava erupting from Mount Nyiragon has stopped on the outskirts of Goma and saved the eastern city of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the region’s military governor said on Sunday.
A after volcanic eruption which escaped thousands at night “lava stopped near Buhene on the outskirts of Goma … the city was saved,” General Constant Ndima said, and provisional estimates put “five people dead” in related accidents.
On Saturday, thousands of people fled the night and many families slept on the pavement surrounded by their belongings, under a night sky reddened by fire and smoke.