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Flights cancelled to and from Indonesia’s Bali due to volcanic ash

November 13, 2024104 Views

Several international airlines cancelled flights to and from Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Wednesday, after further eruptions of a volcano that has spewed ash clouds as high as 10 km (32,808 ft) and forced thousands to evacuate. Jetstar and Qantas said they had stopped flights to Bali on Wednesday for safety reasons because of volcanic ash, while plane tracking website Flightradar24 showed flights to the island by AirAsia and Virgin were also cancelled. Singapore Airlines said it had cancelled a flight on Wednesday from Bali to Singapore due to the eruption. Bali is Indonesia's top tourist hotspot and is a popular destination for Australian visitors. All flights to and from the island of Lombok in the West Nusa Tenggara province, another popular destination for tour...

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Indonesian volcano spews ash 10 km high, thousands evacuate

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November 8, 2024138 Views

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki continues to unleash towering column of hot clouds Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted several times on Friday, belching volcanic ash that rose up to 10 km (32,800 ft) into the sky, officials said, following a big eruption on Sunday night that killed nine people. The eruption on the island of Flores in the province of East Nusa Tenggara has damaged more than 2,000 houses and caused thousands to evacuate. Abdul Muhari, spokesperson for the country's disaster mitigation agency, said the eruptions were "pretty significant" due to ash rains and sand-falls that reached far into the surrounding areas. Hadi Wijaya, chief of Indonesia's volcanology agency, said one eruption on Friday produced a towering ash column that reached eight km to 10 km hi...

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Tourism workers strike as Indonesia hikes fee to see rare dragons

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August 2, 2022526 Views

Hundreds of Indonesian tourism workers were on strike on Tuesday over a hefty hike in ticket prices to see the country's famous Komodo dragons, a move the government insists is to preserve the habitat of one of the world's largest lizards. The fee to access two of the main islands of the Komodo national park shot up 18 times overnight to 3.75 million rupiah ($252.10) on Monday, a jump that local workers said would scare off tourists and see their incomes dry up. FILE PHOTO: A Komodo Dragon is seen in Komodo National Park, Indonesia April 6, 2018. REUTERS/Henning Gloystein Indonesia is home to about 3,300 rare Komodo dragons, which can grow up to 3 metres (10 feet) in length and can kill large prey with a single venomous bite. "This has caused uncertainty among us," said Leo Em...