Bali volcano shuts down flights, sends residents scurrying to safety

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Source: CNN

By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Mochamad Andri, CNN
Updated 1:18 PM ET, Sun November 26, 2017

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN)Volcanic eruptions on the Indonesian resort island of Bali have prompted officials to cancel flights and move about 24,000 residents out of the way as a thick ash cloud from Mount Agung, thousands of meters high, drifts east and southeast along the archipelago.

Residents were evacuated from 224 points around the island while Lombok International Airport on Pulau Lombok, the island due east of Bali, has closed temporarily, said Ari Ahsan, spokesman for Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali.

At Ngurah Rai, Bali's main airport, flight cancellations stranded roughly 7,000 domestic and international passengers, according to the airport's latest report.

Indonesia's Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation raised its aviation notice from an orange alert to a red one Sunday.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/26/asia/mount-agung-eruption-bali-indonesia/index.html

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Mount Agung sent smoke rising thousands of meters into the air, shutting down flights.

[Stryst]

1. I did a study abroad in Jakarta

My thesis advisor was Indonisian. I found them to be a lovely and friendly people, and I hope the best for them.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. i thought that i read that this island was completly evacuated a while back.

please correct me if i am wrong.