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Tsunami alert issued after Indonesia volcano erupts several times; thousands asked to leave

Eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. The volcano on the northern side of Sulawesi island had at least five large eruptions in the past 24 hours, Indonesia's Centre for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation said. Authorities urged tourists and others to stay at least 6 km from the 725-metre Ruang volcano. Officials worry that part of the volcano could collapse into the sea and cause a tsunami as in a 1871 eruption there.