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The volcano spewed a 9km (6.2 miles) ash column into the sky over the weekend, one week after a major eruption killed 10 people [EPA] ... Several airlines have cancelled flights between Australia ...
At least 10 people died and several others sustained injuries last week in the volcanic eruption on the Indonesian island of Flores, located about 500km east of Bali. The volcano has been spewing ...
The activity at the volcano has disturbed flights at Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai international airport since the eruption started, airport general manager Ahmad Syaugi Shahab said. Over the past four days, 84 flights, including 36 scheduled to depart and 48 due to arrive, were affected.
On 26 November 2017, another eruption occurred, the second in less than a week. [20] Ngurah Rai International Airport was closed 26 November 2017, [22] leaving many tourists stranded. Lahars were reported in the Selat district south of the volcano. [23] More than 100,000 people in a 10 km (6 mi) radius of the volcano were ordered to evacuate. [24]
The volcano has erupted several times since the initial eruption, with the most recent eruption occurring around 6 p.m. Tuesday night, Indonesian time, the Center for Volcanology and Geological ...
A smaller eruption occurred on 16 May, sending pyroclastic flows down the mountain once more, killing about 200 more people. [4] [5] By the time the eruptions ceased in early 1964, they had claimed about 1,900 lives, marking the event as the 8th deadliest volcanic eruption of the 20th century. Since 1963, the population of Bali has nearly ...
The largest volcano of Sumatra is the supervolcano Toba within the 100 km (62 mi) × 30 km (19 mi) Lake Toba, which was created after a caldera collapse (est. in 74,000 Before Present). [2] The eruption is estimated to have been at level eight on the VEI scale, the highest level for a volcanic eruption
By Sultan Ashori DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) - The airport on Indonesia's holiday island of Bali reopened on Friday after ash from a volcano forced a brief closure and the cancellation of more ...