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Many social media users shared video clips and images documenting the eruption of the Lyotulu volcano, located in East Nusa Tenggara province, prompting Indonesian authorities to evacuate more than 2,700 residents from the region on Sunday.
The video showed the emission of dense smoke and ash from thousands of rain with the eruption of the volcano, which caused terror and panic among the inhabitants of the East Nusa Tenggara province, while the Spanish News Agency “Effi” quoted the Agency of Disaster Protection, that the volcano released a thick column of smoke and ash 4 thousand meters long. At a time when the authorities established a four-kilometer security circle in the vicinity of the hole.
🇮🇩 FLASH: a powerful #eruption volcanic took place this Sunday in #Indonesia : the volcano #Lewotolo It projected a cloud of ash and smoke 17 kilometers high. (authorities / inhabitants) #volcano #volcano pic.twitter.com/YJWTGmeLrA
– Mediavenir (@Mediavenir) November 29, 2020
The authorities also recommended that citizens wear masks and some other tools to protect their eyes and skin and reduce the impact of the ash spread on health, while the state of emergency in the region was raised to level four..
IIe Lewotolok volcano erupts and spews ash into the sky in Lembata, Indonesia (WorldToday). pic.twitter.com/GWfbTcbujr
– Global Climate Connection (@ juliusmarcus77) November 29, 2020
The Disaster Protection Agency said in a statement that there is currently no news of victims of the eruption of the volcano located about 2,600 km east of Jakarta, while it announced the evacuation of 2,782 people of the total population of the region..
IIe Lewotolok volcano erupts and spews ash into the sky in Lembata, Indonesia (WorldToday). pic.twitter.com/GWfbTcbujr
– Global Climate Connection (@ juliusmarcus77) November 29, 2020
There are more than 400 volcanoes on the Indonesian islands, the number of which is approximately 1,700, of which 129 are active and 65 are classified as “dangerous”.
Indonesia is located in the so-called “Ring of Fire” in the Pacific Ocean, which is characterized by great seismic and volcanic activity, and suffers around 7,000 earthquakes a year..
Indonesian volcano
Side of the volcano in Indonesia
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