Mt. Agung erupts again, sending huge plume of ash above volcano’s peak
A week after an eruption saw dozens of flights in and out of Bali’s international airport canceled, Mount Agung was back at it again today, erupting at 11:42am, and sending a massive plume of ash into blue skies above the island.
Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center said the eruption lasted for 8 minutes and 4 seconds, sending ash as high as 2,000 meters above the volcano’s peak, as reported by Tribun-Bali.
Mount Agung in Bali has erupted again! No signs of lava but lots of ash cloud. My inner geography nerd is loving this #mountagung#volcano#balipic.twitter.com/Z5PbHrms0b
— Phoebs (@phoebecornes) May 31, 2019
Despite the eruption, Mount Agung remains on level alert level three, or “standby” status, and officials have not changed the exclusion zone around the volcano, which remains at a 4km radius.
According to a report from Detik, today’s eruption led to volcanic ash rain in a number of villages in Karangasem regency.
After the May 24 eruption, geohazard monitoring service MAGMA Indonesia described the volcano as being in a “dynamic state,” but reported there were not yet warning signs of a “major eruption.”
There have yet to be reports of canceled or delayed arrivals or departures at Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport following today’s eruption, but you can check out their flight board here.
We’ll add to this story as updates become available.
