Flights Disrupted As Indonesian Volcano Erupts, Sending Ash 11 Miles High
Jakarta, Indonesia (AP) – Running of Indonesia Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki It exploded on Monday, sent a high volcanic material column up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) to the sky, left ashes to the villages and caused flight cancellation.
Volkan has been at the highest warning level since last month and almost no loss has been reported.
The Indonesian geological agency recorded an avalanche mixed with rocks and lava and traveled to 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the slopes of the volcano. Observations from the drones showed that they filled the crater and showed the deep movement of the magma, which initiated volcanic earthquakes.
The column of hot clouds rising to the sky has been the highest of the volcano since the big explosion. November 2024 Muhammad Wafid, Chief of Geological Agency, killed nine people and wounded dozens of. Moreover Erupted in March.
Wafid, Switzerland Associated Press participated in a seminar, “the explosion of this size is certainly a higher danger potential,” he said. “We will re -evaluate the growth of the danger area that should be cleaned from the villagers and touristic activities.”
Volkan Monitoring Agency Explosion on June 18And as the explosions become more frequent, a 7 -kilometer (4.3 mile) radius since then is twice as much as an exclusion zone.
In the afternoon of Monday, at least 24 flights between Bali and Australia, Singapore, South Korea were canceled and others were delayed, the flights on the four domestic routes were canceled, Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport Spokesman Ahmad Syaugi Shahab. Inner flights from Bali to Labuan Bajo were also canceled.
The volcanic ash movement was monitored until 03:30, as the volcanic ash of Lewotobi’s explosion showed that Bali did not affect the airspace, the airport is normally running normally despite the cancellation of a few flights, he said.
A Virgin Australian spokesman, Bali services of the airline, canceled, “our guests and crew and crew is the highest priority and our expert meteorologist team closely follows the situation and ASH Cloud activity,” he said. Two Qantas flights from Sydney and Melbourne to Bali were seriously delayed.
An airport spokesman, East Nusa Tenggara’nın state capital Kupang’daki El Tari airport to Maumere and Larantuka cities and Larantuka cities, he said he had to cancel.
Volcanology and Geological Disaster Reduction Center President Hadi Wijaya said in a statement that the falling ash covered several villages with debris and prevented sunlight for almost half an hour.
He said that volcanic materials, including thumb -sized gravel and ash fragments, were thrown from the crater to 8 kilometers (5 miles) on Monday. Residents warned that they should be vigilant about heavy rainfall that could trigger lava flows in rivers caused by volcano.
Wijaya said that Monday’s activities were the result of hidden energy accumulation due to magma blockage in the crater, which reduces detectable seismic activity while creating pressure that contributes to the large explosive explosion.
After an explosion at the beginning of last year, Approximately 6,500 people were evacuated And the island’s French Seda Airport was closed.
The mountain of 1,584 meters (5,197 meters) is a twin volcano with Perempuan Mount Lewotobi in the Flores Timur Region.
The explosion of Monday has been one of the largest in Indonesia since 2010, when the country’s most variable Yangard Mountain exploded on the densely populated Java Island. This explosion killed 353 people and forced more than 350,000 people to evacuate affected areas.
Indonesia is in an option of more than 280 million people with frequent seismic activity. There are 120 active volcanoes and sits along the “Fire ring olan which is a seismic fault line series of horseshoe -shaped surrounding Pacific Basin.
