MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP)-The residents wore masks to protect themselves from the heavy volcanic ash that covers roads and green rice fields in the villages in southern Central Indonesia like Lotui Lakki Mountain Lacke On Tuesday for the second day in a row.
The explosion is sent at dawn volcanic lava and ash clouds up to 4 km (2.4 miles). After that, a revolution was followed in the middle of Monday, sending a column of volcanic materials of up to 18 km (11 miles) in the sky and an evening explosion that took out the volcanic lava and sent volcanic ash, which is 13 km (8 miles) in the air.
The photos and videos revolving on social media showed that the terrified population runs their lives in the rain from ash and gravel, and motivated drivers to drive motorcycles and cars in lower visibility as clouds expanded from the eruption on Monday to the shape of mushrooms.
No victims of the last eruption of the volcano, who was at the highest level, were informed Since June 18 Abdel -Mawari, a spokesman for the National Agency for Disaster Reducing, said when the non -transition area was expanded to a radius of 7 km (4.3 miles).
“People around the volcano are increasingly understanding how to reduce the effect of disaster risk, as explosions have become more frequent since the end of 2023,” Mohari said in a statement.
The volcano revolutions on Flores Island affected more than 10,000 people in 10 villages in the eastern Flores and Sika regions, according to the initial assessments conducted by the local disaster management agency.
He stated that the heavy volcanic ash and rocks have fallen into the villages of Nouakot, Clantanio, Hawking Jaya, Boro, Bolulara, and Wolangtang, where the roads and green rice fields have been transferred to those schools that refer to the employees of students and students who are used for students, and are affected by harmonious employees. Volcanic activities.
“The sulfur smell and ash was so hung in the air to the point that breathing is painful,” said Ulysses.
The authorities distributed 50,000 masks and urged the residents to reduce external activities to protect themselves from volcanic materials. The residents were also urged to be vigilant about heavy rains that could lead to lava flows in the rivers that arise from the volcano.
The Liotopopy Lakki Lakki eruption was followed by his eruption in November 2024 That killed nine people and wounded dozens.
The Geology Agency has registered the ice breakdown of gaseous clouds full of mixture with rocks and lava of up to 5 km (3 miles) below the 1584 meters mountain slopes (5,197 feet). The notes of drones showed a mobility filling the hole, indicating the deep movement of the magma that fired volcanic earthquakes. Volcanic materials, including pebbles, were thrown to the size of the hot thumb, up to 8 km (5 miles) of the hole.
Mohaari said that two airports in the cities of Momeri and Larantuka in Nusa Tingara Province were closed on Tuesday.
Dozens of flights to and from Nagura Ray International Airport on Bali Island at Bali Resort, but airport spokesman Ahmed Seji Shehab said that the airport was working normally despite the cancellation, as monitoring showed that volcanic ash did not affect the air scene in Bali.
The first explosion on Monday, Liotopy Laki Laki, was one of the largest Indonesia since 2010 when Mount Merby, the most volatile volcano in the country, erupted on the crowded island of Java. This killed 353 people and forced more than 350,000 people to evacuate.
Indonesia is an archipelago of more than 280 million people suffering from frequent seismic activity. It contains 120 active volcanoes and sits along the “Fire loop”, which is a horseshoe chain of seismic rift lines that have shattered the Pacific Basin.
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Karmini mentioned from Jakarta. Journalists at Associated Press, Edna Tarigan and Ferdia Lesnawati, contributed to this report.
