JAKARTA (Reuters) -Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province was belching volcanic ash clouds 18 kilometres (11 miles) into the sky on Monday after an “explosive eruption”, the country’s volcanology agency said.
The explosion, which the agency said came with loud thuds, comes nearly one month after the volcano erupted and spewed towering ash clouds 11 kilometres high, leading to flight cancellations in and out of the nearby island of Bali.
Lewotobi Laki-laki’s alert level status remains at its most severe on Monday, Indonesia’s volcanology agency said, warning tourists to stay outside a 6-km radius around the volcano and keep their distance from expected lava flows in the area.
Reuters could not immediately determine whether there were any evacuations or impacts on the volcano’s surroundings after the eruption on Monday.
At least nine people were killed and thousands were evacuated when the volcano erupted in November last year.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an area of high seismic activity atop multiple tectonic plates. The country has more than 120 active volcanoes.
(Reporting by Stanley Widianto; Editing by David Stanway)
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