The lava composition indicates that a mantle plume-an upwelling of intense heat from near the core of the Earth-may be bubbling to life beneath
Nyiragongo, an active African volcano, in the emocratic Republic of the Congo.
The torrent erupted from Congo's 3,469-meter (11,380-foot)-high Mount
Nyiragongo (NEE-ur-uh-GONG-go).
But since Mount
Nyiragongo in Goma erupted on Thursday, Mrs Andrews became involved in the relief effort.
The deaths came as thousands of people - forced to flee when the
Nyiragongo volcano erupted on Thursday - returned home.
Up to half-a-million people were left homeless when Mount
Nyiragongo, near Goma in the DRC, began spewing molten rock on Thursday.
Up to half a million people were left homeless when Mount
Nyiragongo, near Goma in the DRC, began spewing molten rock on Thursday.
Fires raged and tremors shook the earth throughout the Rwanda-Democratic Republic of Congo border region as hundreds of thousands of refugees who had fled lava from
Nyiragongo volcano scavenged for food.
The 130ft-wide path of burning rock, which spouted down Mount
Nyiragongo, 12 miles north of Goma, has destroyed half the city and contaminated nearby Lake Kivu.
Hundreds of thousands of people fled across the border after Mount
Nyiragongo began spewing rock and molten lava on Thursday.
The 130ft-wide path of molten rock rolled down Mount
Nyiragongo, 30 miles to the north of Goma, passed through the central business district and flowed into Lake Kivu, sending sulphuric smoke and steam into the air.
An estimated 250,000 people have fled a rolling river of lava flowing from Mount
Nyiragongo through Goma, Congo.