Over 11,000 evacuated in northern Indonesia as volcano erupts
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Authorities in Indonesia have closed an airport, and residents have evacuated homes near an erupting volcano owing to the risk of spreading ash, falling boulders, heated volcanic clouds, and a tsunami. Mount Ruang on the northern side of Sulawesi Island has had at least five eruptions in the last 24 hours. The first eruption occurred at 9:45pm local time on Tuesday. "Mount Ruang's level was raised from Level 3 to Level 4," confirmed Hendra Gunawan, head of Indonesia's volcanology agency.