Mount Ruang Still Throwing Smoke, SAR Team Asks Tamulandang Residents To Refuge

Mount Ruang (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Mount Ruang still emits volcanic smoke to date. The Manado Search and Rescue Office (SAR) team assured residents of Tagulandang, Sitaro Islands Regency, North Sulawesi to temporarily evacuate for safety.

In a report from the Manado SAR Office Team received in Jakarta, Saturday, it was stated that the data collected with the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) team totaled 11,624 Tamulandang residents affected by the eruption of Mount Ruang.

Quoted from ANTARA, each spread across 15 villages covering the villages of Apengsala, Baruka Pepehe, Boto, Haasi, Laing Patehi, Lesah, Lesahrende, Mahangiang, Please deal with, Pahiama, Tulusan, Bahoi, Balehumara, Mulengen, and Pumpente.

However, of the total population, only 2,176 residents left their homes to evacuate to the rest of the emergency posts are still living.

The number of refugees was obtained referring to the latest recapitulation report data compiled by the Manado SAR team and matched with BNPB data, on Friday, April 19 evening.

Therefore, the Manado SAR Office ensures that the evacuation process for residents will continue to be carried out by dividing into two teams, namely the land and water teams that will evacuate affected residents outside Tagulandang Island, namely to Siau Island.

The distance from Tamulandang Island to Siau Island is estimated to be one hour of shipping using a SAR ship.

In its implementation, the SAR team visited every resident who remained at home to check health and safety, urging them not to enter a radius of six kilometers from the active crater center, or the SAR team also convinced residents to evacuate so that it was safer.

This is done because the status of Mount Ruang is still at level IV (Awas), even from the monitoring of the SAR team during the emergency response operation on the third day or Friday, April 19, the volcano still emits volcanic smoke.