Lava reaches airport in DR Congo after volcanic eruption

TIL Desk/World/Kinshasa/ After an erupted of the Mount Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the lava flow reached the airport in the nearby Goma city on Sundaym prompting authorities to launch evacuation plans.

The evacuation plan for Goma has been activated, A government spokesman Patrick Muyaya as saying. “The government is discussing urgent measures to be taken now,” Muyaya tweeted.

Thousands of Goma residents have fled the city on foot to reach the border with Rwanda as the city with a population of nearly 2 million was illuminated with orange flames.

DRC President Felix Tshisekedi is returning from Europe to oversee the relief efforts and is closely monitoring the security and humanitarian situation in the country’s eastern North Kivu province, his office said.