2019.08.12 12:10 GMT+8

Volcano erupts in Goma, eastern DRC

Updated 2019.08.12 12:10 GMT+8
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Lava is seen glowing inside the crater of the Nyiragongo volcano, inside the Virunga National Park near the eastern city of Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 9, 2019. /VCG Photo

Mount Nyiragongo is one of the world's most beautiful and active volcanoes located near Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo. /VCG Photo

The lava lake has an estimated depth of 600 meters and contains one of the most fluid lavas on Earth after the eruption of Nyiragongo volcano near Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 9, 2019. /VCG Photo

Mount Nyiragongo is notorious for its incredibly fluid and fast-moving lava flows that repeatedly devastated areas around the volcano. An in the eruption in 2002, lava destroyed much of the commercial center, leaving 200,000 people homeless at Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo. /VCG Photo

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