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25 May, 4 tweets, 4 min read

#BREAKING Up to 2,500 homes destroyed in DR Congo volcano eruption: aid official

#UPDATE Powerful aftershocks from the Mount #Nyiragongo volcano rocked the eastern DR Congo city of #Goma on Tuesday as the death toll from the disaster climbed to 32 and thousands were feared homeless u.afp.com/Unrf #GomaVolcano

#BREAKING Cracks up to several hundred metres long, roughly two feet wide in places appear in Goma, DR Congo as aftershocks from nearby volcano shake the area: AFP journalist

#UPDATE 🇨🇩 Cracks up to several hundred metres long and roughly two feet wide in places appeared in the eastern DR Congo city of #Goma Tuesday as powerful aftershocks from the Mount Nyiragongo volcano shook the area, an AFP reporter witnessed u.afp.com/UnHy #GomaVolcano

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