Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki Eruption Disrupts Flights and Prompts Heightened Alerts
The Indonesian volcano sent an ash column 8,000 meters high, leading to flight cancellations, expanded evacuation zones, and warnings of potential mudflows.
- The eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki on Thursday night lasted over 11 minutes, producing a thick grey-to-black ash column 8,000 meters high.
- Authorities raised the volcano's alert level to its highest tier and expanded the exclusion zone to an 8-kilometer radius around the crater.
- Seven international flights from Bali, including six Jetstar flights to Australia and one Air Asia flight to Kuala Lumpur, were canceled due to ash-related safety concerns.
- Residents near the volcano have been warned of possible volcanic mudflows triggered by heavy rainfall, though no immediate damage to nearby villages has been reported.
- The current eruption follows a deadly event in November 2024, when the same volcano killed nine people, highlighting Indonesia's vulnerability to seismic and volcanic activity on the Pacific 'Ring of Fire.'
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