Indonesia raises Bali volcano alert for the second time
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian officials have more than doubled the size of a no go zone around the Mount Agung volcano on the tourist island of Bali and raised its alert level for the second time in less than a week.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian officials have more than doubled the size of a no go zone around the Mount Agung volcano on the tourist island of Bali and raised its alert level for the second time in less than a week.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said Monday (Sept 18) that people should stay 6 kilometer from the crater, and up to 7.5 kilometers away to the north, southeast and south-southwest.
It said the exclusion zone must be empty of all community activities.
The agency said there has been a continuing increase in seismic activity as well as visual observations of 50-meter high blasts from the crater.
Mount Agung last erupted in 1963, killing 1,100 people. AP