Indonesia: flights cancelled due to volcano eruption
Thousands of tourists are stuck on Bali island in Indonesia as flights were cancelled after the Agung volcano eruption, sending thick ash into the sky for the second time in a week.
Agung volcano erupts on November 26 in Indonesia (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Thousands of tourists are stuck on Bali island in Indonesia as flightswere cancelled after the Agung volcano eruption, sending thick ash into the skyfor the second time in a week.
Previously onNovember 25, the volcano spewed an ash column of 4,000m into the sky. Theincident interrupted at least 28 flights to the Indonesian tourist island,affecting some 2,000 passengers, mostly from Australia.
Eruptions at MountAgung during 1963-1964 killed more than 1,600 people and injured hundreds.
The volcano becameactive again in September this year, forcing Indonesian authorities to issue thehighest warning level. Up to 140,000 people living near the volcano had toevacuate and returned home after the warning was lifted. To date, about 30,000of them have been relocated.
Indonesia lies onthe Pacific Ring of Fire where several tectonic plates meet and cause seismicactivities. The country is home to nearly 130 active volcanoes.
In 2010, Mount Merapi on Java island, considered one of the most active anddangerous volcanoes in the world, erupted after rumbling since 2006, killingmore than 300 people and forcing 280,000 to flee.-VNA
The Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) has forecast that around 70,000 foreign tourists will delay their visits to Bali island from October to November due to Agung volcano’s eruption.
Thousands of local people living near the Agung volcano on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali fled on November 22 as there are signs of volcanic eruption for the first time in more than 50 years.
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