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The Guardian
15 hours ago
- The Guardian
Giant ash plume rises from Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on Tuesday, sending towering columns of hot ash into the air and spewing an ash cloud 10km high, the country's volcanology agency said. Indonesian officials raised volcano alerts to their highest level after the eruption, while some flights between Bali and Australia were cancelled. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted several times in November, killing nine people and forcing thousands to evacuate
Reuters
a day ago
- Climate
- Reuters
Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki spews 11 kilometre high ash cloud after eruption
JAKARTA, June 17 (Reuters) - Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province erupted on Tuesday, spewing a towering ash cloud 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) high, the country's volcanology agency said. The agency also said it had raised the alert level of the volcano to the most dangerous, warning of potential lava flows if it rains.
Malay Mail
19-05-2025
- Malay Mail
Indonesia raises highest alert as Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupts, spewing ash 6km into sky
JAKARTA, May 19 — A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted today, spewing an ash cloud more than a kilometre high after authorities raised the country's highest alert level. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on the tourist island of Flores erupted shortly after midnight, sending an ash cloud 1.2 kilometres above its peak, Indonesia's volcanology agency reported. The volcano erupted once more at 09:36 am (0136 GMT), the agency said. The latest rumblings follow authorities on Sunday evening raising the alert level of the 1,584-metre (5,197-foot) twin-peaked volcano to the highest in the country's four-tiered system. 'Lewotobi Laki-Laki's activities are still high,' Indonesia's geological agency head Muhammad Wafid warned yesterday. 'The potential for a larger eruption than before can occur,' he said in a statement. A series of eruptions yesterday spewed ash as high as six kilometres above Laki-Laki's peak, according to the volcanology agency. Wafid urged residents to wear face masks to protect themselves from volcanic ash, while telling people not to carry out any activities at least six kilometres from the crater. The geological agency chief also warned of the possibility of hazardous lahar floods — a type of mud or debris flow — if heavy rain occurs, particularly for communities around rivers that originate at the volcano's peak. In November, Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted multiple times, killing nine people, cancelling scores of international flights to Bali and forcing the evacuation of thousands. Laki-Laki, which means man in Indonesian, is twinned with the calmer but taller 1,703-metre volcano named Perempuan, after the Indonesian word for woman. Indonesia, a vast archipelago nation, experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific 'Ring of Fire'. — AFP
