Bali volcano update: Terrifying video shows Mount Agung ERUPTION hurling ash into sky
BALI VOLCANO Mount Agung hurled a huge smoke plume into the sky after teetering on the brink of a full-blown eruption for months.
Black smoke fills the sky as Bali’s Mount Agung erupts
Mount Agung sent the huge ash plume 2,500m into the sky, with shock video footage of the event serving as a reminder that the danger of eruption has not yet passed.
Webcam video shows the Bali volcano begin to spew ash on Thursday, January 11, at around 5.54pm local time.
Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management confirmed the news of the eruption.
BNPB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said ash poured down on the villages of Kubu and Tulamben near popular dive sites with impressive reefs.
Ash plume from an eruption at Mount Agung in Bali earlier today
Last time Mount Agung erupted, in November, airlines operating in and out of Bali faces huge travel chaos as flights were cancelled due to the lingering ash cloud.
However, the Bali volcano has not had the same impact this time round with the BNPB spokesman confirming the airport is operating normally.
Frances Boreham, a PhD student at University of Bristol studying lava-water interactions, retweeted a photograph of ash cloud shared by Sutopo.
Hiker captures incredible footage from inside erupting volcano
She tweeted: “Ash plume from an eruption at Mount #Agung in #Bali earlier today.
“A reminder to respect the exclusion zone around the volcano - it's still very active and dangerous!”
Mount Agung has intermittently erupted, sending clouds of volcanic ash since the Bali volcano’s first eruption in November.
Bali was put on high alert, in November, after Mount Agung erupted sending ash columns into the sky as cold lava poured down the Bali volcano’s slopes.
Since then, eruptions have been less significant and on a much smaller scale.