NORTH SULAWESI - The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has dispatched dozens of personnel to assist in handling the impact of the eruption of Mount Ruang in North Sulawesi (Sulut).
Head of the Manado SAR Office, Monce Brury, said 34 personnel departed consisted of crew members and rescue teams.
"The rescue team is still in the movement to return there, after previously being withdrawn last Thursday (April 25)," he said in a written statement, Tuesday, April 30, which was confiscated by Antara.
According to him, the team from the Manado SAR Office was dispatched using a sea SAR ship this morning after receiving reports of Mount Ruang returning to the eruption.
"They were dispatched to help accelerate the evacuation of residents, distribute logistics, and all other disaster emergency rescue efforts," said Monce Brury.
Previously, the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) officially established the status of Mount Ruang to rise to Level IV (Awas) from previously level III, Alert.
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The increase in status was carried out after the stratovolcano mountain erupted again and released an eruption column reaching 2,000 meters from above the peak accompanied by continuous roar and tremors, Tuesday morning at 02.35 WITA.
The impact of the eruption of Mount Ruang, such as ash rain and gravel, is reported to have a wider coverage when compared to the eruption that occurred on April 17, 2024.
This was proven after the emergency response post in Apengsala Village, Tamulandang, which is seven kilometers outside the Disaster Prone Area (KRB) was also affected by this rock and gravel rain.
PVMBG also recommends immediately evacuating residents who are within a radius of six kilometers from the center of the active crater of Mount Ruang (Tagulandang and its surroundings) which absolutely cannot have any activity.
Especially for those who live near coastal areas that have the potential to be affected by the ejection of incandescent rocks, the overflow of hot clouds (surgery), and the potential for tsunamis due to the collapse of part of the mountain's body into the sea.
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