20201129 Indonesian volcano belches huge tower of smoke and ash
Indonesia Nov 29 2020 “Other”
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Indonesian volcano belches huge tower of smoke and ash
Updated: 2020–11–29
This handout photo taken and released on November 29, 2020 by the Geological Agency of Indonesia shows a volcanic eruption from Mount Ili Lewotolok in Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara spewing ash some 4,000 metres high. (Photo by HANDOUT / Geological Agency of Indonesia / AFP)
Indonesia’s Mount Ili Lewotolok erupted Sunday, belching a column of smoke and ash four kilometres into the sky, triggering a flight warning and the closure of the local airport.
There were no reports of injuries or damage from the eruption in a remote part of the Southeast Asian archipelago.
But authorities raised the volcano’s alert status to its second-highest level as they warned of possible lava flows.
A two-kilometre no-go zone around the crater was also expanded to four kilometres, while flights were advised to steer clear of the area as volcanic ash rained down on East Nusa Tenggara’s Wunopitu airport, which was temporarily closed.
“People are advised to not carry out any activities within a four-kilometre radius from the crater,” Indonesia’s geological agency said.
Indonesia is home to about 130 active volcanoes due to its position on the “Ring of Fire”, a belt of tectonic plate boundaries circling the Pacific Ocean where frequent seismic activity occurs.
In late 2018, a volcano in the strait between Java and Sumatra islands erupted, causing an underwater landslide that unleashed a tsunami which killed more than 400 people.
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