Photos: Congo's Mount Nyiragongo volcano erupts forcing thousands to evacuate

1000's fled a volcanic eruption within the Democratic Republic of Congo, however the flaming lava from Mount Nyiragongo appeared to have come to a halt on the outskirts of Goma metropolis by early Could 23. The evacuations got here through the night time of Could 22 and plenty of households slept on pavements surrounded by their belongings below an evening sky turned crimson by hearth and fumes. By early Could 23, between 5,000 and seven,000 individuals had arrived in neighbouring Rwanda. The final time Nyiragongo erupted was January 17, 2002, killing greater than 100 individuals and masking virtually all the japanese a part of Goma with lava, together with half of the airport's touchdown strip.