Overview

• Indonesia’s volcanology agency recorded a 10,000-metre ash column at 5:35 pm local time on June 17, triggering the maximum alert level
• The Indonesian Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation has cautioned that heavy rainfall could mobilize volcanic debris into dangerous lahar floods
• Evacuation orders were issued for multiple villages—such as Nurabelen and Konga—after ash and gravel fell beyond the danger zone
• Several dozen flights between Australia and Bali have been cancelled or delayed, and Flores’s Fransiskus Xaverius Seda airport remains closed pending safety assessments
• No casualties have been reported, but ongoing seismic tremors and ash emissions keep monitoring teams on high alert