Recently, due to the continuous eruption of the Rouen volcano in North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, China Juneyao Airlines' flight from Shanghai to Bali was canceled.
Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has raised the alert level to the maximum level and has broadly expanded the restricted areas for activities and evacuations.
According to the Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Reduction, there is a risk of a tsunami due to the possibility that part of the mountain may collapse into the sea.
Due to the continuous eruption of Rouen volcano into the air, a large amount of ash seriously affected the view and flight safety, resulting in the decision to temporarily close Samraturangi International Airport in Manado.
In addition, a number of Congolese companies in the region have announced the cancellation or adjustment of flights.
Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia and local low-cost carriers have all cancelled a number of flights between Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia.
Highest alert level!
It is understood that Indonesia is located at the junction of the tectonic plates of the earth's structure, spanning Southeast Asia and Oceania, at the intersection of the Eurasian, Indian, Australian, Pacific and Philippine Sea plates, and consists of numerous islands. Indonesia is also the country with the largest number of volcanoes in the world, with a total of 127 active volcanoes in the territory, and the geological structure is extremely unstable, making it vulnerable to volcanic activity and seismic activity.
On April 8, local time, there were several consecutive eruptions at Semeru Volcano on the island of Java, and the ash column hit 500 to 700 meters. It erupted again on the morning of the 9th, this time with a 1,000-meter ash column and a duration of 110 seconds.
Then, on the night of April 10, Mount Ibrahimovic erupted in Halmahera with an ash column as high as 800 meters and lasted for 78 seconds, and then in the early morning of April 11, the Gunung Sorikmarapi volcano in Sumatra also erupted one after another.
After a few days of calm, on the 16th, an earthquake struck an island near the province of North Sulawesi, causing Mount Rouen to erupt more than three times in a row. Then, at noon on the 17th, Mount Ibu, which had previously erupted, erupted again, and the ash column was 2,500 meters high.
At present, local authorities have already settled in the vicinity of the volcanic area, many of whom have to stay with relatives or in government-designated shelters, and the airport near the volcano has been closed and many airlines have canceled flights to Indonesia. In addition, the authorities have raised the alert level to the highest level due to the expectation of more eruptions in the future, requiring no human movement within a 6-kilometer radius of the crater, and alerting the authorities to the need to be vigilant against the possibility of partial mountain collapse into the sea, which may trigger hot rock eruptions, hot clouds and tsunamis.
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