<div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col"><div class="article-detail-headline"><h1 class="article-detail_title" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(World Today Tuesday 21 November 2017)</span></h1><h1 class="article-detail_title" style="text-align: center;">Bali volcano spews ash and cloud, alert not raised</h1><h1 class="article-detail_title"><img width="1022" height="681" class="img-fluid bg-red" style="width: 707px; height: 561px;" alt="Bali's Mount Agung. Photo: AFP" src="https://img1.daumcdn.net/relay/cafe/original/?fname=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.todayonline.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fnew_app_article_detail%2Fpublic%2Fphotos%2F43_images%2F000_tn3g2.jpg%3Fitok%3DLHXgLymZ" lazy="loaded"></h1></div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col"><div class="today-hero article-detail_featuredimage"><div class="today-hero-photo"><div class="today-photo article-detail_imagefull" style="text-align: center;"><figure><figcaption><strong>Bali's Mount Agung. Photo: AFP</strong></figcaption></figure></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col"><div class="article-detail-published-social article-detail_byline"><div class="row align-items-center"><div class="col"><div class="article-detail_bylinepublish"><br></div><div class="article-detail_bylineupdate"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Updated 21 November, 2017</span></div></div><div class="atclear"></div></div></div></div></div></div><!----><!----><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col"><div class="article-detail_body"><p><br></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">BALI</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> — The Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali spewed ash and smoke on Tuesday (Nov 21), but authorities said its alert level remained unchanged.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the minor eruption began at about 5pm and clouds of smoke rose about 700m from the volcano.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Bali's international airport remained open.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Agung’s alert status was recently lowered to the second-highest warning level after several weeks at the highest level.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">More than 140,000 people evacuated the region around the volcano when it was at the highest alert level, though authorities urged some to return home as they'd left areas not in the official danger zone.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The number of evacuees dropped to about 30,000 after the alert level was lowered.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Mr Nugroho said people should stay out of an exclusion zone that in places extends 7.5km from the volcano.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">He said there hasn't been an increase in seismic tremors from the volcano. An escalation in tremors can indicate magma is rising inside the mountain.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">New Zealand volcanologist Dr Janine Krippner tweeted that the eruption is “not serious”, but warned that “this can change”.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“Time to make sure you are prepared and keep an eye on official Agung information.”</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The 3030m Mount Agung is among the more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia. It last erupted in 1963, hurling ash high as 20km and remained active for about a year. Lava travelled 7.5km and ash reached Jakarta, about 1,000km away.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Indonesia is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin. AGENCIES</span><br></p></div></div></div></div><p><br></p>
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