Volcano

Australia's HMAS Adelaide is en route from Brisbane and is due in Tonga next week

Many escaped to Sake, a town 13 miles northwest of Goma that is prone to cholera outbreaks, UNICEF said

The eruption pumped dark clouds of ash some 10 km into the air, prompting an evacuation of some nearby residents

Dormant since 1979, the volcano sends dark plumes of ash and smoke billowing into the sky

Destroyed crops and killed off potentially tonnes of fish raised in the lake that rings the volcano

Some 40,000 people have taken refuge in shelters since the volcano let loose a towering burst of ash, jets of lava

Scores of other farm animals on the island, like cows and goats, were killed in the eruption

Many residents abandoned livestock, pets after authorities sounded an alert that an explosive eruption could come

Taal's last eruption was in 1977

The families of the two missing people have been informed of this decision