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  Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo erupted on Saturday night, forcing tens of thousands of people in the city of Goma to leave their homes. The lava reached the edge of the city, but did less damage than some people had feared. Mount Nyiragongo is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. It has a large lake of melted rock in its center, which can flow easily and quickly. The volcano is only 6 miles (10 kilometers) away from the city of Goma, which is home to 2 million people. A deadly eruption in 2002 killed around 250 people and left roughly 20% of the city destroyed by lava. Nearly 120,000 people were left homeless. A 1977 eruption killed thousands. So when the volcano erupted on Saturday night, lighting the sky with its orange glow, many people were worried that this eruption might be similar to earlier eruptions. Thunder and lightning near Mount Nyiragongo made the threat seem even greater. Tens of thousands of people rushed from their homes carrying what

  On Monday, Gujarat, India was hit by the strongest storm ever to strike India’s west coast. Cyclone Tauktae has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and made India’s Covid-19 emergency even more difficult to deal with. India had been preparing for Cyclone Tauktae for days as the cyclone worked its way up the west coast. Over 200,000 people were evacuted from low-lying areas in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Long before it hit land, Tauktae brought huge amounts of rain, causing flooding in several Indian states. As the cyclone came closer to land, it grew stronger and stronger. On Monday night, Tauktae made landfall in Gujarat, hitting the state with winds as fast as 125 mph (205 kph ). That’s the strongest storm ever to hit India’s west coast, and breaks an earlier record set in 1998. The cyclone, which India’s weather agency described as “extremely severe”, pounded the area with heavy rains, flooding roads and highways. Its strong winds knocked down trees an