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JAKARTA, Nov. 29 (AFP): Indonesia’s Mount Ili Lewotolok erupted on Sunday, spewing a plume of smoke and ash four kilometers (2.5 miles) into the sky, prompting a flight warning and the closing 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-kilometer no-go zone around the crater was also expanded to four kilometers, while flights were advised to stay clear of the area as volcanic ash rained down on eastern Nusa Tenggara’s Wunopitu Airport, which was temporarily closed.
“People are advised not to carry out any activity within a four-kilometer radius of the crater,” the Indonesian geological agency said.
Indonesia is home to some 130 active volcanoes due to its position in the “Ring of Fire”, a belt of tectonic plate boundaries that surround the Pacific Ocean where frequent seismic activity occurs.
In late 2018, a volcano erupted in the strait between the Java Islands and Sumatra, causing an underwater landslide that triggered a tsunami that killed more than 400 people. – AFP
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