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Archipelago 1 year ago
Authorities to relocate thousands around Lewotobi after eruptions
Authorities raised Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki's alert level to the highest of a four-tiered system after several eruptions since Sunday evening, telling locals and tourists to avoid a seven-kilometre (4.3-mile) radius of the crater.
Archipelago 1 year ago
Lewotobi volcano erupts again after killing nine day earlier
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703-metre (5,587-feet) twin volcano located on the popular tourist island of Flores, shot flaming rocks at residential areas overnight Monday, setting wooden houses on fire and pockmarking the ground.
Archipelago 1 year ago
Death toll from Mount Lewotobi volcano eruption rises to 10
Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, located on Flores Island, erupted on Sunday at 11.57 p.m. (1557 GMT), belching a fiery-red column of lava, volcanic ash and blazing rocks, Hadi Wijaya, a spokesperson for The Center of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG), said on Monday.
Archipelago 1 year ago
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Police officer sacked over procedural error in case implicating colleagues
The dismissed detective, Second Insp. Rudy Soik, alleges that several police officers with the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Police felt uncomfortable with his investigation into an alleged fuel smuggling ring in Kupang, leading them to report him to the internal affairs division.
Science & Tech 2 years ago
Tiny arm bone unlocks mystery of Indonesia's extinct 'Hobbit' people
Scientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of this incomplete humerus—missing both of its ends—as well as two fossilized teeth from Mata Menge in the So'a Basin of Flores, where the volcano Mount Ebulobo looms over the landscape.
Society 2 years ago
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East Nusa Tenggara Catholics aim for Dili to see the Pope
With only five buses available to travel the Kupang-Dili route, calls are mounting for the government to assist the swaths of people hoping to complete the nine-hour long journey to see the head of the Catholic Church.
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