Indonesia raised its alert level, widened an exclusion zone and rerouted flights last night, as eruptions again intensified from an island volcano that triggered a deadly tsunami at the weekend.
A landslide that followed a large eruption of Anak Krakatau on Saturday night sent waves between six and 10 feet high crashing into fishing villages and beach resorts on the densely populated islands of Java and Sumatra, killing at least 430 people.
But the volcano is still erupting and is almost obscured by huge clouds of ash and lava billowing into the air. Meanwhile, heavy rain and stormy seas have raised fears that the volcano's slopes could collapse again, potentially triggering a second tsunami.
The Energy Ministry's Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center raised the alert level to 3, or "caution," yesterday, warning people to stay at least five kilometres away from the crater and to avoid volcanic dust mixed with the falling rain.
[Source: stuff.co]
