Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano on the remote island of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara province spewed towering columns of hot ash high into the air since its initial huge eruption on November 4 killed nine people and injured dozens of others.
The Indonesian Disaster Management Agency lowered the known death toll from an earlier report of nine, saying it had received updated information from local authorities.
Mount Ibu has been continually erupting since early May. Indonesia's authorities have raised the alert to the highest level following a series of eruptions since last week.
An active volcano in Indonesia's remote island of Halmahera erupted on Saturday (June 1), footage from the country's volcanology agency (PVMBG) showed.
The Mount Ibu Observation Post reported that Mount Ibu erupted for the second time on Saturday at 8:34 p.m. local time, spewing ash one kilometre into the sky that drifted to the northeast and east.
Authorities issued an alert status of the second-highest level, prohibiting all activities within a 5-km radius. This came nearly two weeks after Mount Ruang volcano erupted, leading to the evacuation of more than 12,000 people.
Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupted on Tuesday, spewing lava that prompted authorities to evacuate more than 12,000 people from the nearby Tagulandang island.
Wednesday's dramatic eruption of the volcano on a remote island in the province of North Sulawesi threw a fiery red column of lava, incandescent rock and ash as much as three km into the sky.
More than 50 climbers were rescued after the initial eruption on Sunday, and 11 others were initially confirmed dead. Another eruption Monday spewed a new burst of hot ash as high as 800 meters (2,620 feet) into the air and temporarily halted search operations.
Indonesia's most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted twice on Monday, spewing hot clouds as far as 1,500 metres, according to the Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Center.
Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung was erupting on Tuesday, sending volcanic materials as high as 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) into the sky and depositing ash on nearby villages.
In a eerily mesmerising view, Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia erupted with electric-blue lava that can often be seen streaming down the mountain at night, attracting crowds of tourists and photographers.
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano spewed a column of ash 500 meters (1,640 feet) into the sky in the longest eruption since the explosive collapse of the island caused a deadly tsunami in 2018, scientists said Saturday.
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