The eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki just after midnight on Monday spewed thick brownish ash as high as 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) into the air and hot ashes hit a nearby village, burning down several houses including a convent of Catholic nuns, said Firman Yosef, an official at the Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki monitoring post.
Authorities also raised the danger level and widened the danger zone for Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki on Monday, following a series of eruptions that began last week.
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spews volcanic materials from its crater during a previous eruption in East Flores, Indonesia, on January 14, 2024.
Andre Kriting/AP/FileA nun in Hokeng village died and another was missing, said Agusta Palma, the head of the Saint Gabriel Foundation that oversees convents on the majority-Catholic island.
It’s Indonesia’s second volcanic eruption in as many weeks.
Persons:
—, Laki Laki, Firman Yosef, Lewotobi Laki Laki, Boru, Riang Rita, Bokang, Lewotobi, Andre Kriting, Agusta Palma, ” Palma, It’s, Marapi
Organizations:
Disaster Management Agency, Saint Gabriel Foundation
Locations:
Maumere, Indonesia, Flores, Wulanggitang District, Pululera, Hokeng Jaya, Klatanlo, Ile Bura District, Dulipali, Nobo, Titehena District, Konga, Kobasoma, blanketeing, East Flores, Hokeng, West Sumatra, blanketing