Exploring an Obliterated Village lost to Ruang Volcano

[@xwiick]

Thanks for all the hard work on these videos!

[@elric_310]

Your videos are so unique and great, they definitely deserve more views! Thanks for sharing this experience, real sad to see the village destroyed

[@ExtremePursuit]

Thank you for watching

[@sabunkompas]

Thanks for algo for recommending this footage to me. This volcano has been talked about in our national news during its eruption, but no such news are coming from Ruang nowadays as Lewotobi steals the attention. God bless them all.

[@ExtremePursuit]

Thanks for watching. We just got back from Lewotobi - footage is coming also.

[@nicholasa7180]

Its amazing how most of the plants are still surviving and even some flowers are blooming amid the destructiom

[@ExtremePursuit]

It sure is. Nature is very resilient.

[@axmajpayne]

What gets me is that while a few buildings did seem to have their roofs collapse due to the weight of the ash, most seem to have been shredded by falling rocks before it could even get to that point.

[@marklong930]

That destruction is horrendous. The corrugated iron roofing torn up like tissue paper. Those poor people losing everything is heartbreaking.

[@sigisoltau6073]

At least they're alive to rebuild. I know, it sucks losing everything, but better to be alive and able to rebuild over being dead.

[@marklong930]

@sigisoltau6073 absolutely

[@ExtremePursuit]

It was heartbreaking seeing it in person :(

[@dudastt]

That is interesting part, did it melt because of the heat? or because the extreme acidity of the ash? If it melt, how come some wood panel on the houses are still intact?

[@axmajpayne]

@@dudastt It's from falling lava bombs that punched through the roofs but weren't hot enough to start fires.

[@melbournewolf]

A modern Pompeii

[@antonevan443]

The flowers seems beautiful

[@sarahs472]

What happened here? Is this just ash fall and lapili that's been compacted, pyroclastic flow, or lahars? Thanks for exploring for us, it's definitely a sad situation for the folks who called this beautiful place home.

[@Aztesticals]

I believe heavy lapili and parts of the village got lava bombs and I gotta imagine a flow came through with the way things are busted in

[@markwelsh3957]

This is one of those few times on your channel that I won't hit the like button. Not because there's anything wrong with the video but because the devastation is so sad. I'd hoped the residents would one day be able to return home but now I know one day the volcano will take what's left. A very beautiful part of nature they may be, but not always for the people living with them!

[@ExtremePursuit]

The volcano is still deemed active and could erupt at any time. It's unlikely anyone will be able to return for some time.

[@rivh12]

There's must be something wrong with your channel, you deserve more views and more subs.

[@bobrobertsNotUrBob]

those metal roofs, damn

[@dudastt]

is this on the ruang island itself or the neighbouring tagulandang?

[@ahmad_usamah]

that is the village on ruang island

[@candicalove9813]

I can not believe how many trees and bushes survived vs the actual buildings.

[@ExtremePursuit]

Yeah, it was very surprising. Nature is resilient

[@FYP054N]

honestly when it happened the all people had evacuated but some pets didn't

[@ExtremePursuit]

Sadly it's true. We found a highly malnourished dog wandering around. It bet all the odds and somehow survived. We left quite a bit of food and water for it and let the authorities know.

[@jkbc]

Was this a day trip to the island?

[@ExtremePursuit]

Yes, we spent the entire day here observing and studying

[@afl6786]

The government decided to move all citizen on ruang island So those village will be forever gone

[@duncanwallace7760]

Nothing is burnt but the roof metal is in tatters. Strange. Perhaps Sulphur combined with water to corrode the metal.

[@sigisoltau6073]

Because the pyroclastic flow that hit may not have been hot enough to ignite wood or melt things.

[@UKOnation]

Ruang isn´t unknown since a long time. Why do people settle there in a evrytime danger of dead and to loose everything?

[@antonevan443]

Probably because regions surrounding volcanoes are incredibly fertile.

[@UKOnation]

@@antonevan443 It´s a good reason, but not good enough. Growing there but living elsewhere I would prefer.

[@ahmadsaid3126]

Pemerintah sepertinya tidak memberi bantuan ya ..berbeda dgn korban gunung Semeru penduduk di relokasi ke tempat baru dan dapat ganti rugi berupa rumah

[@michaellawson6533]

Perhaps because these were Christians

[@adiabd1]

Jangan salah, wacananya pemerintah akan merelokasi semua penduduk pulau Ruang, jadi tidak ada lagi yg tinggal disana

[@ikbalikbal769]

Dibantu bang, liat aja berita. Penduduk udh direlokasi ke tempat baru+dikasih rumah. Sekarang Pulau Ruang pulau kosong tak berpenghuni

[@noefvon]

@@michaellawson6533 bro.. please, dont make people hate each other like that..

[@noefvon]

lu sebelum pos ini, setidaknya cari info dulu.. jgn bikin perpecahan kyk gitu

[@ClarencegHamm]

Someone took the sheet metal - all ofit