DRC volcano eruption: Tens of thousands trying to escape Goma

Since then, the area has experienced a series of earthquakes and tremors, some that were felt as far away as the Rwandan capital of Kigali, 65 miles from the volcano in the Virunga National Park.

Significant cracks in the ground — some stretching the entire width of the road, others in the walls of buildings — have begun to appear. A resident told CNN that some of his neighbors in high-rise buildings have fled their homes out of fear that they might collapse.

“The data from seismic activity indicates the presence of magma beneath the urban area of Goma and beneath the Kivu lake,” the…