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Goma, May 22 (EFE/EPA).- Residents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's main city of Goma fled for safety Saturday night under a glowing red sky as nearby Nyiragongo volcano erupted and the government issued evacuation orders.People carried their belongings through the streets of Goma, a city of around 2 million people that sits on the shore of Lake Kivu on the Rwandan border, about 20 kilometers from Nyiragongo in the Virunga National Park. (Camera: HUGH KINSELLA CUNNINGHAM). SHOT LIST: A GENERAL VIEW OF ERUPTING MOUNT NYIRAGONGO OVER GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.
UN peacekeepers, as well as residents, leave the city of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, after the local governor warned of a possible new eruption of the volcano Mount Nyiragongo. The UN had also announced it was "relocating" its non-essential international and national staff out of Goma. IMAGES
People watch in awe as lava spews out of a volcanic fissure in the Geldingadalir volcano in Iceland. The volcano erupted near the capital Reykjavik, spewing red hot lava and plumes of smoke out of a fissure in an uninhabited valley after several days of intense seismic activity. IMAGES
Two major cracks appear on the ground in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma as powerful aftershocks from the Mount Nyiragongo volcano shook the area. IMAGES
Aerial images show the destruction to the region in east Democratic Republic of Congo after the nighttime eruption of Mount Nyiragongo sent thousands of terrified residents fleeing in panic. AERIAL IMAGES
The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo prompts residents of Nyiragongo Territory to flee toward the city of Goma. The country's government later ordered the evacuation of Goma due to the eruption. IMAGES