Mount Ibu on the Indonesian island of Halmahera erupted Wednesday, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of residents. The volcano's alert status was raised to the highest level, and authorities are urging 3,000 people to leave their homes.
Hundreds of islanders have been evacuated, with thousands more awaiting their turn following increased volcanic eruption s in eastern Indonesia , officials said Thursday. Mount Ibu , on the remote island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, erupted on Wednesday, sending a column of smoke up to four kilometers into the sky.
The volcano’s alert status was immediately raised to the highest level by Indonesia’s Geological Agency, prompting local authorities to call for the evacuation of 3,000 people living nearby. As of Thursday morning, 517 residents from the village closest to the volcano had been evacuated, with the remaining residents scheduled to be moved later in the afternoon. “The evacuation shelters have been prepared by the local administration, and today a thorough evacuation will be conducted for all residents in six villages,” said a spokesman of local disaster management agency, Irfan Idrus. He added that evacuations began on Wednesday at 6:00 pm but were delayed due to administrative and logistical issues.According to an AFP reporter, residents were still carrying out their daily activities in their respective villages as trucks prepared for evacuation. “Of course, there is some fear and concern, but we are already used to the eruptions here,” 32-year-old resident Rista Tuyu said. “In a week, eruptions could happen three to four times, but the biggest ones occurred this week,” she said. She added that she hoped the volcano would calm down soon so the village community could resume to their daily lives. Mount Ibu has shown a significant increase in volcanic activity since last June, following a series of earthquakes. In the first weeks of January alone, the volcano, which is one of Indonesia’s most active, erupted nine times. Residents living near Mount Ibu and tourists have been advised to avoid a five to six kilometre exclusion zone around the volcano’s peak and to wear face masks in case of falling ash.Indonesia, a vast archipelago, experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity as it lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire. Last November, Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703-meter twin-peaked volcano on the tourist island of Flores erupted more than a dozen times in one week, killing nine people in its initial explosion. Mount Ruang in North Sulawesi province erupted more than half a dozen times last year, forcing thousands from nearby islands to evacuate
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