AIR SERVICE TO THE INDONESIAN ISLAND OF BALI HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOLLOWING AN ERUPTION OF A VOLCANO THAT OCCURRED IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY, IN THE EARLY HOURS OF TODAY.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE DISRUPTION FOLLOWED YESTERDAY ERUPTION OF MOUNT LEWOTOBI LAKI-LAKI IN THE EAST NUSA TENGGARA REGION WITH AN ASH COLUMN OF 11 KILOMETERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
THE CENTER FOR VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL HAZARD MITIGATION SAID THE VOLCANO, LOCATED ON THE TOURIST ISLAND OF FLORES, EAST OF BALI, HAD ITS ALERT LEVEL RAISED TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL RECENTLY.
INDONESIA, PART OF THE PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST SEISMICALLY ACTIVE COUNTRIES, WITH 130 ACTIVE VOLCANOES.
