January 16, 2025 10:03 AM

Rescuers evacuate 3,000 residents near Indonesia’s Mt Ibu after eruption

Authorities have begun evacuating 3,000 residents near the Mount Ibu volcano on Indonesia's eastern island of Halmahera, the disaster agency said on Thursday, after an eruption this week sent a cloud of thick grey ash as high as four-km (2.5-mile) into the sky. Ibu erupted on Wednesday morning for about two minutes, Indonesia's volcanology agency said, forcing authorities to raise the alert level in the surrounding areas to the most severe. The evacuations started late on Wednesday for about 3...