KARANGASEM, Indonesia: Gushing ash from Bali’s Mount Agung volcano has dissipated into a wispy plume of steam, and Australian airlines that cancelled some flights to the Indonesian resort island on the weekend have returned to near-normal schedules. Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency said Monday the volcano remains at its highest alert level but most of Bali is safe for tourists. The exclusion zone around the volcano still extends 10 kilometres from the crater in some directions. Airlines Jetstar and Virgin Australia, which cancelled flights over the weekend even as the ash cloud shrank dramatically, said they were resuming services Monday. Tens of thousands of tourists were stranded when ash closed Bali’s international airport for nearly three days last week.

Source: Bangkok Post December 04, 2017 04:07 UTC