Tag: Mount Agung

Jakarta: Mount Agung in Indonesia’s Bali island spewed thick smoke and ashes high into the air here on Sunday, authorities informed. The eruption took place at 10.05 a.m., emitting thick grey smoke, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said. “The eruption lasted for 10 minutes. White smoke was seen came out from the volcano summit […]

Jakarta: Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level for Bali’s Mount Agung to its highest level on Monday over fears of an imminent major eruption and have closed the island’s international airport until Tuesday. Thick ash started shooting upto 3,400 metres into the air above the mountain’s summit on Saturday, driving east and southeast along […]

Karangasem (Indonesia): The number of people evacuated over the possible eruption of Mount Agung volcano in the Indonesian island of Bali, the country’s major tourist destination, crossed 144,000 on Friday. Those evacuated were housed in hundreds of shelters across nine districts on the island. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) […]

Jakarta:Some 122,000 people have been evacuated in view of a possible eruption of Mount Agung, a large volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali, authorities announced on Thursday. The authorities have set up a 12-km radius exclusion zone around the volcano, reports Efe news. According to latest figures, however, 62,000 people were still within the […]