by Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in southern Central Indonesia broke out for a second day in a row and covered villages in a thick volcanic ash.
The residents were forced to wear masks because streets and green rice fields are covered with suffocating dust.
The morrection on Tuesday gave Lava and ash clouds up to four kilometers high.
This was followed by a dramatic Monday, on which a volcanic material with noon explosion of 18 kilometers had broken out into the sky and an evening that spat on the lava and sent volcanic ash up to 13 kilometers into the air.
Photos and videos on social media showed frightened residents who came from ash and gravel under a rain.
Drivers tried to navigate in the greatly reduced visibility, as the ash clouds expand from the outbreak on Monday into a characteristic mushroom form.
Abdul Muhari, a spokesman for the National Disaster Medding Agency, did not confirm victims of the latest activities.
The volcano has been at the highest alarm level since June 18, with its exclusion zone being extended to a 3.3 mile radius of seven kilometers.
“People in the volcano have increasingly understood how the effects of disaster risks have become more common since the end of 2023,” said Muhari in an explanation.
The outbreaks of the volcano on Flores Island affected more than 10,000 people in 10 villages in East Flores and Sikka Districts, according to the initial reviews of the local disaster management Agency.
It was reported that thick volcano ash and rocks in villages from Nawakote, Klantanio, Hokeng Jaya, Boru, Pululera and Wulanggithang, where streets and green rice fields were transformed into gray thick mud and rocks, so very awales, a public information officer in the management of Sikka District.
He added that the schools had been closed in the affected areas since Monday to protect students and employees from various dangers due to volcanic activities.
“The smell of sulfur and ashes hung so close in the air that breathing was painful.”
The authorities distributed 50,000 masks and asked the residents to limit outdoor activities to protect themselves from volcanic materials. The residents were also asked to be vigilant for strong rainfall that could trigger lava flows in rivers that come from the volcano.
The outbreak of Lewotobi Laki Laki followed the outbreak in November 2024, which killed nine people and killed dozens.
The geology agency recorded an avalanche made of scorching gas clouds, mixed with stones and lava, which drove up to 5 kilometers (3 miles) the slopes of the 1,584 meter mountain (5.197 feet) on Monday.
Observations from drones showed that Lava filled the crater, which indicates a deep movement of magma that triggered the volcanic earthquake. Volcanic materials, including hot gravel in the size of the thumb, were thrown on 8 kilometers by the crater.
Mr. Muhari said two airports in the cities of Maumere and Larantuka in the province of East Nusa Tenggara were closed on Tuesday.
Dozens of flights to and from the international airport Ngurah Rai on the island of the Bali resort were delayed or canceled, but the airport spokesman Ahmad Syaugi Shahab said that despite the cancellations, the airport was normal because the surveillance was not affected that the airspace from Bali was not affected.
The initial outbreak of Lewotobi Laki Laki on Monday was one of the largest Indonesian since 2010 when Mount Merapi, the most volatile volcano in the country, broke out on the densely populated island of Java. This killed 353 people and forced over 350,000 people to evacuate.
Indonesia is an archipelago of more than 280 million people with frequent seismic activity. It has 120 active volcanoes and sits along the “Ring of Fire”, a horseshoe -shaped series of seismic fault lines that surround the Pacific basin.
