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DR Congo's government said Saturday that the eruption of a second volcano it had announced hours earlier was a "false alarm," the scare coming a week after Mount Nyiragongo
DR Congo's government earlier announced there was a second volcanic eruption in the east of the country but later said this was not ture.
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The government had said that Murara volcano had a "low intensity" eruption on Saturday morning, sending lava flowing into an uninhabited area of Virunga Park
Situation Report #2: Volcano Eruption Goma, DRC, 23 May 2021 Format Overview On 22 May 2021, shorlty after 19h00 (Goma time), an eruption from the flank of Mount Nyiragongo, about 20 km north of the town of Goma and just west of the border with Rwanda, was confirmed. A first lava stream originating from the eastern side of the Nyiragongo (15km North of Goma city centre) flew in an easterly direction to Kibumba. A second stream heading south towards Munugi. The most affected neighbourhoods are Buhene and Kibati neighborhoods just north of the airport. The lava stream has since earlier this mor...