DR Congo: Volcanic evacuation order sparks massive exodus Goma | n Volcanic News

Authorities order evacuation As the risk of new eruptions from Mount Nyiragon appears, people are fleeing 1.5 million cities.

Tens of thousands of people have fled the Congolese city of Goma after officials ordered the evacuation of parts of the city due to the risk of further eruptions from Mount Nyiragon.

The evacuation order was shaken by the strong accidents that occurred in the early morning on Tuesday morning, which shook the region every 10 to 15 minutes.

Nyiragon, the most active volcano on the African continent, he roared to life on Saturday, leaving about 20,000 people homeless and at least 32 dead, according to the United Nations.

“Current data on seismicity and land deformation indicate the presence of magma beneath the city of Goma, with an extension below Lake Kivu,” the military governor of North Kivu province, Ndima Kongba, said on Thursday in a public address issued.

“Right now we can’t rule out an eruption on land or under a lake that could happen very soon and without warning.

“The situation can change quickly, and it is constantly being monitored,” he said, adding that evacuation is necessary and should be done calmly.

On Thursday morning, thousands of people were evacuated by car, motorbike and on foot, carrying a pile of goods on their heads, creating traffic jams throughout the city. Many others left it in large boats from a lake that joins nearly 1.5 million cities.

Dozens of port boats tried to get into the videos shared on social media.

“People should take minimum measures to ensure that everyone has a chance to move forward,” Ndima said, adding that authorities have arranged transportation to Sake, approximately 20 kilometers west of Goma.

The lava boiling river stopped on the outskirts of Goma on Sunday, when the eruption sent thousands fleeing [File: Moses Sawasawa/AFP]

On Wednesday, the UN said it would relocate about 250 non-essential temporary workers, about half of the aid workers, and relocate about 1,500 of their dependents to the city of Bukavu, 50 km south.

Saturday eruption he sent rivers of lava It descended from the foothills of Mount Nyiragon, destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands to flee, but stopped 300 meters (984 feet) from Goma Airport as the main site for operations in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The rubber is about a dozen miles from the volcano.

The ash cloud caused by the eruption has closed Goma and Bukavu airports, and is likely to cause respiratory illnesses, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement on Wednesday.

Since then more than 200 small and medium-sized earthquakes have caused cracks in Goma’s buildings and streets. Cracks almost 60 cm wide in some places have caused panic among residents who are unsure whether the danger has passed.

The so-called stratum volcano, which is nearly 3,500 meters (11,500 feet) high in Nyiragon, is located in the Rift tectonic division of East Africa.

The last major eruption, in 2002, killed about 100 people.