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Khaleej Times
3 days ago
- Khaleej Times
Many flights cancelled after volcano eruption in Bali
Several flights to the Indonesian resort island of Bali were cancelled and the airport in Maumere in East Nusa Tenggara province was closed due to the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, officials said on Wednesday. Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, which is in East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted on Tuesday, spewing ash 11 km (6.84 miles) high, forcing the country's volcanology agency to raise the alert level to the highest. It erupted again on Wednesday morning, belching a 1 km (0.62 mile) high ash cloud, the agency said in a statement. Several international flights from India, Singapore and Australia to Bali were cancelled due to the eruption, the Bali international airport website showed. The government closed the Fransiskus Xaverius Seda airport in Maumere from Wednesday until Thursday "to ensure the safety of the passengers," said the airport operator AirNav in its Instagram post. The eruption also forced local authorities to evacuate dozens of residents living in two villages near the volcano, Avi Hallan, an official at the local disaster mitigation agency told Reuters. "Streets in the two villages were filled with thick ash, gravel, and sand," she said, adding no casualties were reported. The volcano last erupted in May. Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of high seismic activity atop multiple tectonic plates.
CNA
4 days ago
- Climate
- CNA
Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki spews 11km-high ash cloud after eruption
JAKARTA: Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province erupted on Tuesday (Jun 17), spewing a towering ash cloud 11km high, the country's volcanology agency said. The agency also said it had raised the alert level of the volcano to the most dangerous, warning of potential lava flows if it rains heavily. Lewotobi Laki-laki's last eruption was in May, when authorities also raised the level to the most severe. Images shared by the agency on Tuesday showed an orange ash cloud in the shape of a mushroom engulfing a nearby village. It is not immediately clear if there have been flight disruptions. When Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted in March, airlines were forced to cancel and delay flights to Bali, including Australia's Jetstar and Qantas Airways. Indonesia's search and rescue agency, as well as its disaster mitigation agency, which oversees evacuation, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
South China Morning Post
11-06-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Japan eyes 80% cut in 298,000 death toll for potential megaquake in Nankai Trough
This Week in Asia Politics Published: 7:08pm, 11 Jun 2025 Japan is seeking to reduce by 80 per cent in the next decade its estimated 298,000 death toll from a potential megaquake in the Nankai Trough. Authorities also intend to halve the maximum number of buildings expected to be completely destroyed in such a disaster from the current projection of 2.35 million. The targets align with a 2104 basic blueprint but will also take into account the latest damage estimates released in March, according to the Kyodo news agency. A revised plan for emergency earthquake response and disaster mitigation for the next 10 years is also in the works. The draft was approved at a ruling Liberal Democratic Party panel meeting on Tuesday and is expected to be adopted by the government's Central Disaster Management Council in early July. 02:40 Japan's 'megaquake' warning: what is it and how to prepare Japan's 'megaquake' warning: what is it and how to prepare The earthquake task force's revised estimate showed only a 20 per cent reduction in 2014's projected death toll of 332,000 and 2.5 million destroyed buildings, The Japan Times newspaper reported.
NHK
10-06-2025
- Politics
- NHK
Japan aims to reduce estimated deaths from megaquake by 80%
Japan's government has set goals for reducing the estimated death toll and structural damage from an anticipated massive earthquake occurring in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast. The government in 2014 set disaster mitigation goals that called for reducing the death toll by about 80 percent and structural damage by about 50 percent. But a new damage estimate released in March this year said 298,000 people could be killed and 2.35 million buildings destroyed in the worst-case scenario. The figures fall short of the disaster mitigation goals. The government has been reviewing its basic plan on disaster preparedness measures, based on the new damage estimate. Sources say the goals set in 2014 remain largely unchanged, with a roughly 80-percent cut in the death toll and a roughly 50-percent cut in structural damage to be attained over the next decade. The government will also make homes more quake-resistant, promote the installation of quake-sensitive circuit breakers, and step up tangible disaster preparedness measures such as building embankments. It will confirm progress in such measures on a regular basis, taking in advice from experts. The basic plan on measures for a Nankai Trough megaquake is expected to be officially endorsed next month.
Free Malaysia Today
19-05-2025
- Climate
- Free Malaysia Today
6 dead, 14 missing after landslide in Indonesia's Papua
Small-scale and illegal mining has often led to landslides in Indonesia. (AP pic) JAKARTA : Torrential rains forced a halt today to Indonesia's search for 14 missing in its easternmost region of Papua after a landslide killed six workers at a gold mine and injured four, officials said. The rains had triggered Friday's landslide, which hit a small mine run by residents of the Arfak mountains of West Papua province, said Abdul Muhari, the spokesman of Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency. Authorities will resume tomorrow their search for those missing after the disaster, which engulfed temporary shelters used by miners. The search effort was hampered by 'damaged roads and mountainous tracks as well as bad weather', Yefri Sabaruddin, the head of a team of 40 rescuers, including police and military officials, who retrieved five bodies, told Reuters. Travelling to the site required 12 hours from the nearest town, he said. Today's tally was updated from an earlier figure of one dead and 19 missing. Small-scale and illegal mining has often led to accidents in Indonesia, where mineral resources are located in remote areas in conditions difficult for authorities to regulate. The number of casualties could rise. At least 15 people died in the collapse of an illegal gold mine in West Sumatra province last September after a landslide caused by heavy rains. Another landslide in a gold mine on Sulawesi island killed at least 23 people in July last year.
