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Thousands of residents in Goma, the largest city in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, are staying overnight following the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo early Saturday, according to a spokesman for the Norwegian Refugee Council. CNN. The border was closed, so they returned to Goma and headed north. Pey-Costa posted on Twitter a video of people leaving the city
"Everywhere you look today, the tide of protectionist sentiment is flowing. The people are moving with their belongings, children, and goats. Most of them are sitting on the sidewalk waiting to be able to return at any moment," Pey-Costa said. .
Volcanoes appear to have subsided, according to the Goma Volcano Observatory, which explores the volcano. Authorities in the city have used the rescue program as a precautionary measure.
The last major volcanic eruption in 2002 killed 250 people and left thousands homeless.
Goma is located on the shores of Lake Kivu on the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. The current figure of the city of Goma in 2021 is 670,000, according to estimates by the UN, the World Bank and others.
Pey-Costa said many non-governmental organizations in the region believe the population of Goma is close to one million.
Patrick Kakesa of the International NGO Safety Organization (INSO) said in a statement at 11pm. that mud appears to be flowing across the border with Rwanda.
In the event of evictions, customs between Goma and Gisenyi are closed overnight, "he said.
INSO has advised social workers living in the Munigi camp a short distance north of Goma to relocate to rural areas further west.
Pey-Costa and 11 colleagues were released as a defense.
"If the situation remains the same we may be able to return tonight, so we will see. We are still on the sidelines. We do not know what will happen," he said.
Volcanologist Honore Chiraba of the Goma Volcano Observatory told CNN there were two disasters in the volcano. Chiraba follows a volcanic activity near the governor of North Kivu, the province where the city of Goma is located.
"The mud is flowing but not very fast," Chiraba said. "At the moment we don't think anyone is injured but we can't know for sure."
A post on a certified Twitter account of the British Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday, "The Nyiragongo volcano, near the city of Goma, started erupting tonight. touch us ... We continue to monitor the situation closely. "
The 11,500-foot-high [11,500 m] volcano is one of the many places near the DRC-Rwanda-Uganda border, a tropical rain forest with unusual mountain gorillas.
"There has not been much movement, but people are very worried," said Tom Peyre-Costa, a council spokesman for West Africa.
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