Tourists evacuated as volcano near Bali erupts
Rescuers in Indonesia were dispatched Wednesday to most of them foreigners, after a volcano erupted at one of the country’s most popular hiking
Mount Barujari began erupting late Tuesday afternoon, sending columns of ash and smoke shooting 2 kilometers
- corded as hiking near Barujari -- a smaller cone within the crater of Mount Rinjani -- when it began erupting, prompting plans for their immediate evacuation, said national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo
Hikers have been told to keep at least 3 kilometers from the smouldering volcano, a key attraction on the multi- day trek to the summit of Mount Rinjani made by thousands of tourists
Nugroho said 389 hikers were recorded as having entered the national park since Sunday, the overwhelming
The threat level of the volcano was upgraded Tuesday as Barujari sent plumes of smoke and hot ash into the atmosphere, but remains two steps from the
nearby resort island of Bali were cancelled overnight, but
Flight disruptions due to drifting ash clouds are not uncommon in Indonesia, which sits on a belt of seismic activity known as the
An eruption at Mount Rinjani last month forced the and disrupted some flights to