JAKARTA: A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on Monday (May 13), spewing a huge ash tower more than 5km into the sky after authorities raised its alert level to the second-highest last week.
A column of ash soared into the daytime sky on Indonesia 's Halmahera island in North Maluku province. JAKARTA: A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on Monday , spewing a huge ash tower more than 5km into the sky after authorities raised its alert level to the second-highest last week.
The grey-black ash column was observed with"thick intensity, leaning towards the west", Geology Agency head Muhammad Wafid said in a statement Monday. The volcano erupted on Saturday on a smaller scale, spewing lava, belching ash several kilometres into the night sky, and causing lightning.
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