Thousands evacuate around active Bali volcano

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Jakarta — Nearly 10 000 villagers have left their homes around the Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali because of a possible eruption.

Officials raised the alert status of the volcano on Monday to the second highest level and recommended people stay 6 kilometres (3.8 miles) from the crater, and up to 7.5 kilometres (4.7 miles) away to the north, southeast and south-southwest.
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More at: https://www.iol.co.za/news/world/thousands-evacuate-around-active-bali-volcano-11321598
 
Bali warns of imminent 'bigger' Mount Agung eruption

Jakarta - Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency said 40 000 people had been evacuated from near Bali's erupting Mount Agung volcano, but tens of thousands still needed to move with an imminent large eruption warning issued on Monday.

"We really ask people in the danger zone to evacuate immediately because there's a potential for a bigger eruption," said Sutopo, a spokesperson for Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency (BNPB).
He told a briefing that 40 000 people had evacuated out of around 90 000-100 000 residents estimated in the 8-10 km (5-6 miles) exclusion zone around Agung.
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More at: https://www.iol.co.za/news/world/bali-warns-of-imminent-bigger-mount-agung-eruption-12164296
 
LOOK: Volcano covers Bali resorts in ash

Karanasem, Indonesia - A volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali has rumbled to life with eruptions that dusted nearby resorts and villages with ash and forced the closure of the small international airport on neighboring Lombok island as towering gray plumes drifted east.

Mount Agung erupted on Saturday evening and three times early Sunday, lighting its cone with an orange glow and sending ash 4 000 meters (13 000 feet) into the atmosphere. It is still gushing and the ash clouds have forced the closure of Lombok island's airport until at least 6 a.m. Monday, an official at the airport said.

Most scheduled domestic and international flights were continuing Sunday at Bali's busy airport after a rash of cancellations on Saturday evening.

Disaster officials said ash up to half a centimeter (less than half an inch) thick settled on villages around the volcano and soldiers and police had distributed masks.

Authorities warned anyone still in the exclusion zone around the volcano, which extends 7.5 kilometers (4.5 miles) from the crater in places, to leave.

Made Sugiri, an employee at Mahagiri Panoramic Resort, located around 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the crater, said a thin layer of volcanic ash reached the area.

"We are out of the danger zone, but like other resorts in the region, of course the eruptions cause a decrease in the number of visitors," he said.
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More at: https://www.iol.co.za/news/world/look-volcano-covers-bali-resorts-in-ash-12157340
 
All we need is another natural festive disaster, I would be outa there in a blink.
 
Guess what disaster movie will be coming out in the next 6-12 months...
 
Only half of the 90 000 - 100 000 have evacuated ? :wtf:
I would be gone in a flash - don't take on Mother Nature, she will certainly leave her mark!

If these remaining inhabitants on the island don't evacuate and the Volcano decides to erupt violently then there will be tens of thousands killed:(
 
Marius Flash said:
If these remaining inhabitants on the island don't evacuate and the Volcano decides to erupt violently then there will be tens of thousands killed:(
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And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love. Great clouds roll over the hills, bringing darkness from above. But if you close your eyes does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
 
Ninja'd said:
And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love. Great clouds roll over the hills, bringing darkness from above. But if you close your eyes does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
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Stop singing before someone moers you with a plank.
 
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I don't want to land in New York City,
I don't want to land in Mexico.
I don't want to land on no Three Mile Island;
I don't want to see my skin a-glow.
 
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