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Podcast: Mission Network News - Asia
Episode: Indonesia's Mount Ruang still on volcano alert
Description: Indonesia (MNN) — Mount Ruang is keeping Indonesia’s Disaster Management Agency on alert. The volcano on the northern part of Sulawesi Island has had at least eight large-to-medium eruptions over the last week. On Wednesday, authorities issued the highest-level alert for active volcanic activity.
Bruce Allen with FMI says, “Authorities are concerned that the volcano […] will collapse into the sea. And if people have seen photos of glaciers in Alaska, calving and just dropping into the water, you can imagine what happens if a mountain [collapses] that’s 2,500 feet tall. So there’s a tsunami alert because that could tri...