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Flights have been cancelled in Indonesia after a volcano erupted, releasing a massive cloud of ash.<\/p>\n
An eruption from Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki on Tuesday afternoon sent a thick grey plume up 10,000 metres into the sky, creating a mushroom-shaped ash cloud visible as far as 150 kilometres away. Several more eruptions on Tuesday evening sent ash up 5,000 metres into the sky.<\/p>\n
It erupted again on Wednesday morning, belching a 1,000 metre high ash cloud, according to Indonesia\u2019s volcanology institute, which has raised the alert to the highest level. The danger zone where people are recommended to leave has been expanded to 8 kilometres from the crater.<\/p>\n
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But, ash and debris fell in a number of places outside of the danger zone, including the villages of Boru, Hewa and Watobuku. Some residents from Nurabelen village in Ile Bura subdistrict fled to evacuation sites in Konga to avoid the impact of the eruption, the National Disaster Management Agency said in a statement.<\/p>\n
No casualties have been reported.<\/p>\n
More than 20 flights have been cancelled following the eruption, including services connecting Bali<\/strong><\/a> to Australia, Malaysia, India and China, according to the website of Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport.<\/p>\n Singapore Airlines cancelled four flights between Bali’s Denpasar airport and Singapore. Its budget subsidiary, Scoot, has cancelled flights to Bali and the neighbouring island of Lombok.<\/p>\n Low-cost carrier JetStar cancelled several morning flights from Australia to Bali, and some afternoon flights were delayed or cancelled.<\/p>\n Air New Zealand, Juneyao Airlines and Virgin Australia have also cancelled some flights to Bali.<\/p>\n