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View all search resultsMount Lewotobi alert raised to highest level after powerful eruptions
The eruptions have caused ash and sand fall in several villages across East Flores and Sikka Regencies in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) since Tuesday.
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Villagers watch the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on June 17 as seen from Talibura village in Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara. (AFP/AFP)
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uthorities have raised the alert status of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in East Flores Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, to Level IV (the highest alert level) following a series of powerful eruptions on Tuesday and Wednesday that sent ash columns soaring up to 10 kilometers into the sky.
The first major eruption occurred at 11:37 p.m. on Tuesday, spewing a thick gray ash column 9 km high, which drifted toward the southwest, west and northwest, according to the Mount Lewotobi Volcano Monitoring Post (PGA).
“The eruption was recorded with a maximum amplitude of 47.3 millimeters and lasted for 4 minutes and 5 seconds,” said Kornelis Missa, a PGA officer at Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, as quoted by Kompas.com.
The 1,584-meter-high volcano erupted again at 1:35 a.m. on Wednesday, sending an ash column 10 km above the summit. The eruption had the same maximum amplitude of 47.3 mm and lasted for 9 minutes and 6 seconds.
A third eruption followed at 9:21 a.m., with ash clouds rising 8 km into the sky. It recorded the same amplitude and lasted 3 minutes and 1 second.
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The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) raised the alert level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki to the highest level late on Tuesday, after detecting a rise in deep volcanic quakes, often a precursor to explosive eruptions.
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