(21 Mar 2025)
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Wulangitang, East Flores, Indonesia – 21 March 2025
1. Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano covered by clouds
2. Man taking a photo of the volcano on his phone
3. Lewotobi volcano observation post
4. Volcano activity monitored on a computer screen
5. An observer monitors volcano activity in front of a computer
6. Map of volcano hanging on a wall
7. Close of red zone of the volcano showing on the map
STORYLINE:
Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in south-central Indonesia erupted three times into Friday, sending an ash column thousands of meters (feet) high and prompting authorities to expand the danger zone around the volcano.
By the afternoon Friday, the volcano observation post in Wulangitang showed that volcanic activity monitored via seismographs started to decline.
Information on evacuations was not immediately available.
The mountain began looking peaceful again Friday afternoon, hugging the clouds close and covered in a thick green forest.
The volcano on the remote island of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara province has had hundreds of earthquakes and visible volcanic activity has significantly increased in the last seven days.
Authorities raised the eruption alert to the highest level and expanded the danger zone from 7 kilometers (4.5 miles) to 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the crater. The Ash column was 8,000 meters (26,200 feet) high.
Several airlines canceled flights between Australia and Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali due to the eruption, while other international and domestic flights to the island have been delayed.
Residents were warned to be vigilant about heavy rainfall triggering lava flows in rivers originating from the volcano, Indonesia’s geology agency said in a statement.
An eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in November killed nine people and injured dozens.
The 1,584-meter (5,197 foot) mountain is a twin volcano with Mount Lewotobi Perempuan in the Flores Timur district.
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