HONG KONG — Officials in Indonesia say 100,000 people on the island of Bali need to be evacuated from a danger zone around the Mount Agung volcano, which has begun erupting and sending dark clouds of ash into the air. Volcanic activity is now at a very high level, and the probability of a bigger eruption is increasing, Indonesia’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation said. And heavy ash could fall, blanketing areas up to five feet deep even miles from Mount Agung. AGUNG Banda Sea Jakarta E. TIMOR Bali Arafura Sea Indian Ocean AUSTRALIA PHILIPPINES BRUNEI MALAYSIA INDONESIA Java Sea MT. AGUNG Jakarta Bali Indian OceanAdvertisement Continue reading the main storyIndonesia raised its alert for Mount Agung to the highest level on Monday, and the exclusion zone around the volcano was extended to six miles.

Source: New York Times November 27, 2017 08:27 UTC