Overview

• The volcano erupted at 11:05 am local time on July 7, sending an ash column roughly 18 km above the summit.
• Indonesia’s volcanology agency has kept the alert at its highest level and enforces a 7 km exclusion zone around the crater.
• More than two dozen flights at Bali’s Denpasar International Airport were cancelled, with Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia among the carriers affected.
• Authorities warned that heavy rain could trigger hazardous lahar mudflows threatening villages along nearby rivers.
• Japan’s Meteorological Agency is monitoring for tsunami waves that could reach Okinawa by mid-afternoon if seawater disturbances occur.