Highest alert status maintained for Mount Agung in Bali despite drop in tremors


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JAKARTA: Indonesian officials have decided to maintain the highest alert status for an eruption on Mount Agung in Bali, even though the frequency of tremors dropped significantly over the past week.

A meeting of officials, including from the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) and the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), also left intact the danger zone of between 9km and 12km around the volcano. The provincial government in Bali had proposed to lower it to 6km.

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