clouds of ashes cover indonesian skies as 3 volcanoes erupt

Category : Adventure | Posted On Aug 05, 2016

Indonesian skies have been covered with skies as 3 main volcanoes erupted one by one in three days altogether. It started with Mount Rinjani on Lombok Island neighbor of Bali when it erupted on Monday followed by Sinabung volcano on Sumatra island and Mount Gamalama on the following days. Luckily no casualty or injuries have been reported so far.

These eruptions though have covered the skies into pit darkness and have disturbed the flight schedule as hundreds of passengers are stranded on the airports waiting for the flight clearance. 'People are advised to stay calm,' said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, adding authorities were not yet planning evacuations. 

One of those volcanoes have been put on highest alert since june 2015 as they observed an increased activity. Flights of Virgin Australia, Tiger air were forced to cancel or turn around due to the impact it caused in the air. Sultan Babullah airport in Ternate was forced closed on Tuesday along with Lombok's internatinal airport being closed for several hours.

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