Mount Lewotabi Laki Laki Major Volcano Eruptions Cause Panic

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A major volcanic eruption has just occurred in eastern Indonesia on Mount Lewotabi Laki Laki, causing it to literally blow its top up, spewing ash and such a large volume of erupted materials that now parts of Australia are under a volcanic ash advisory! Specifically, the Northern Territory. Apparently, this was the strongest eruption Lewotabi's Laki Laki cone has ever produced. Yesterday's eruption sent a plume of ash to an altitude of 55,000 ft or 16,764 mtrs. Mount Lewotabi Laki Laki is located on Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. 

According to local officials, the eruption on Monday had sent fiery lava & rocks into the surrounding  villages, about 4km from the crater, burning and damaging the residents houses. This caused them to raise the status of the volcano to the highest alert level, warning locals to clear at least a 7km radius from the crater. The local officials had started evacuating residents to other villages located 20km from the crater of the volcano.

This fresh volcanic eruption today, has spread fear & panic among the local residents & tourists already traumatised by explosions that had reportedly killed at least ten people on Monday. The authorities in Indonesia had reported seven eruptions on Thursday, with the most powerful ejecting a giant column of ash to about 8000 m into the air. They had imposed a 7km radius exclusion zone around the volcano on the island of Flores.

According to various sources, there are more than 10,000 people living in temperory shelters. The authorities have given warnings of potential flash floods and cold lava flows in the coming days. The local government has declared a state of emergency for the next 58 days. Hundreds of people have already left their homes and have been sheltered in schools and other buildings. The central government has said it intends to move 16,000 people out of the danger zone. 

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