Residents watch the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki from Eputobi village in Titihena district. - PHOTO: AFP
JAKARTA (Reuters/AFP): Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted at least three times early on Saturday, spewing an ash column 9km high, as the authorities planned to widen the restricted area, officials said.
A big eruption on Nov 3 by the volcano in East Nusa Tenggara province killed nine. Since then, the authorities have been scrambling to evacuate 16,000 people from villages nearest to the crater as eruptions continued.
