00:00 "Oh my God!
00:04 Astagfirullahalazim.
00:06 Hurry guys!"
00:10 Indonesian authorities raised the alert level of Sulawesi's Mount Ruang to the highest and
00:15 issued a tsunami warning after volcanic activities spiked late on Wednesday.
00:23 More than 800 people were evacuated from the area, with authorities widening the evacuation
00:29 zone further after the volcanology agency raised the alert status.
00:34 The agency had also received reports that falling rocks and ash damaged homes and forced
00:40 a nearby hospital to evacuate.
00:43 Transport authorities shut the airport in the provincial capital of Manado to protect
00:47 against the showers of ash from the eruption.
00:50 Budget Airline Air Asia cancelled flights with nine airports in East Malaysia and Brunei
00:56 after aviation authorities warned of a safety threat.
01:00 Officials have also flagged the risk of a tsunami if parts of the mountain collapse
01:05 into the ocean below.
01:07 About 400 people were killed in a tsunami unleashed by a previous eruption of the volcano
01:13 in 1871.
01:14 -END-
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