Nearly 50,000 flee amid fears of Bali volcanic eruption

[DonViejo]

Source: Agence France-Presse




AFP NewsSeptember 25, 2017

Nearly 50,000 people have evacuated their homes amid fears of an imminent volcanic eruption on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, disaster officials said Monday.

Mount Agung, about 75 kilometres (47 miles) from the tourist hub of Kuta, has been rumbling since August, threatening to erupt for the first time in more than 50 years. Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency said Monday 48,540 people had fled, although the number was expected to rise because more than 60,000 people lived in the danger zone.

"There are still people who don't want to be evacuated,” Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the disaster mitigation agency, said at a press conference.

"The reason is firstly, the mountain hasn't erupted yet. Secondly, they are worried about their livestock."

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[CentralMass]

1. We do seem to be having a high incidence of natural disasters lately.

I think i'm going to stock up on a few weeks of water and some non perishable food just in case the Cascadian subduction zone "lets loose"out here in Oregon.

[safeinOhio]

2. Or, we may have had a low incidence of disasters

for a very long time.

[CentralMass]

3. True.

[Hortensis]

4. And/or eruptions weren't huge disasters before affected populations

themselves exploded. 4.2 millon on that little island as of Jan 2014.