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  • Video shows lightning flashes at volcano eruption

    STORY: Wednesday's dramatic eruption on a remote island in the province of North Sulawesi threw a fiery-red column of lava, incandescent rock and ash as much as 3 km (two miles) into the sky.At least 800 people in North Sulawesi province were evacuated from the area, with authorities widening the evacuation zone further after the country's volcanology agency raised the alert status.Purple flashes of lightning rent the sky above the erupting volcano, videos on social media showed.

  • Indonesia issues tsunami alert after volcano erupts on remote island

    By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Indonesian authorities on Wednesday ordered hundreds of villagers to evacuate following multiple eruptions of a remote island volcano, raising fears it could collapse into the sea and trigger a tsunami. Mount Ruang, a 725-meter (2,400-foot) volcano on Ruang Island, North Sulawesi, has erupted at least five times since Tuesday night,

  • Indonesia issues tsunami alert after volcano erupts on remote island

    By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Indonesian authorities on Wednesday ordered hundreds of villagers to evacuate following multiple eruptions of a remote island volcano, raising fears it could collapse into the sea and trigger a tsunami. Mount Ruang, a 725-meter (2,400-foot) conical stratovolcano on Ruang Island, North Sulawesi, has erupted at least five times since Tuesday