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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - A woman and child look on at volcanic ash rising into the air during the eruption of Mount Ibu, as seen from Duono Village in West Halmahera, North Maluku province, on January 15, 2025. — AFP pic
JAKARTA, Jan 16 — Authorities have begun evacuating 3,000 residents near the Mount Ibu volcano on Indonesia’s eastern island of Halmahera, the disaster agency said today, after an eruption this week sent a cloud of thick grey ash as high as 4km into the sky.
Ibu erupted yesterday morning for about two minutes, Indonesia’s volcanology agency said, forcing authorities to raise the alert level in the surrounding areas to the most severe.
The evacuations started late yesterday for about 3,000 residents around the area who were being prioritised due to their proximity to the volcano, Abdul Muhari, a spokesperson for the country’s disaster mitigation agency, told Reuters.
He had previously said 13,000 people were living near the volcano.
“Judging from the situation from the ground, it is still pretty stable,” he said.
Ibu’s activities follow a series of eruptions of different volcanoes in Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” and has 127 active volcanoes.
Ibu had a series of eruptions last year. In May, it had forced the evacuation of people living in seven nearby villages. — Reuters
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