An elderly woman smiles to a baby at the at the Swecapura sports hall in Klungkung, Bali, on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. The hall has become a shelter for residents living within a 12-kilometer radius of Mount Agung who were told to evacuate in anticipation of an eruption. Local authorities have announced the highest possible alert level of the active volcano following an increase in its volcanic activities. (The Jakarta Post/Anggara Mahendra).
BALI: Nearly 50,000 people have evacuated their homes amid fears of an imminent volcanic eruption on the resort island of Bali, disaster officials said Monday.
Mount Agung, about 75km from the tourist hub of Kuta, has been rumbling since August, threatening to erupt for the first time in more than 50 years.
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