Preparations are being made for over 838 people to be moved to the nearby island of Tagulandang, where the government will provide seven hectares of land for the relocation.
KOTA KINABALU: Flights in and out of Sabah's East coast Tawau airport continued despite the Mt Ruang eruption in Indonesia's Sulawesi Island early Tuesday morning (April 30).
All 838 locals on tiny Ruang island evacuated before rescue teams arrived. Their disaster preparedness offers valuable lessons to others in volcanic areas, experts say.
PETALING JAYA: The eruption of Mount Ruang in Sulawesi, Indonesia last Tuesday did not impact the air quality levels in Sabah and Sarawak. Department .
Indonesian authorities lowered the alert level of a remote volcano that erupted more than half a dozen times in the last week, while the nearest international airport reopened after being shuttered for days.