JAKARTA—Authorities have begun evacuating 3,000 residents near the Mount Ibu volcano on Indonesia’s eastern island of Halmahera, the disaster agency said on Thursday, after an eruption this week sent a cloud of thick grey ash as high as 2.5-mile into the sky.
Ibu erupted on Wednesday 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 on Wednesday 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….
Rescuers Evacuate 3,000 Residents Near Indonesia’s Mount Ibu After Eruption
