JAKARTA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Sam Ratulangi International Airport in the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi on Monday has been reopened after being closed since Thursday due to eruptions of Ruang volcano.
"After being closed for almost five days, this afternoon the airport finally reopened and is operating normally again," said the airport's general manager Maya Damayanti on Monday.
The country's Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation has lowered the volcano's alert status from the highest Level IV to Level III since Monday at 9 a.m. local time amid decreasing volcanic activities.
The agency has also advised people to avoid the 4-kilometer exclusion zone around the crater.
Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia is one of the countries with the most volcanoes in the world. ■
