On high alert: Villagers observing Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki as it erupts, as seen from Nangahale village in Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara. — AFP
RESIDENTS wore masks to protect themselves from thick volcanic ash that blanketed roads and green rice fields in villages in south-central Indonesia as rumbling Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted for a second straight day.
The eruption at dawn yesterday sent lava and clouds of ash up to 4km high. That followed an eruption around midday Monday that sent a column of volcanic materials up to 18km into the sky and an evening burst that spewed lava and sent volcanic ash as high as 13km into the air.
