Volcano Erupts in Indonesia: 9 Dead As Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki Erupts in Flores Island, High Alert Issued As Hot Ashes Hit Nearby Villages (Watch Videos)
Authorities raised the danger level and widened the danger zone for Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki on Monday, following a series of eruption that last week.
Maumere, November 4: Indonesia's Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least nine people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores.
Authorities raised the danger level and widened the danger zone for Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki on Monday, following a series of eruption that last week. Volcano Erupts in Indonesia Video: Mount Ebu Volcanic Eruption Spews Ash Five Kilometres Into Sky.
Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki Erupts in Flores Island
The country's volcanology agency increased the volcano's alert status to the highest level and more than doubled the exclusion zone to a 7-kilometer (4.3-mile) radius after midnight on Monday as eruptions became more frequent. Iceland: Volcano Erupts in Reykjanes Peninsula, Prompts Evacuation in Blue Lagoon (Watch Video).
It has been spewing thick brownish ash up to 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) into the air every day since Thursday. The eruption just after midnight on Monday spewed thick brownish ash as high as 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) into the air and hot ashes hit a nearby village, burning down several houses including a convent of Catholic nuns, said Firman Yosef, an official at the Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki monitoring post.