Bali, Nov 5: Indonesia’s Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least nine people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores.Authorities raised the danger level and widened the danger zone for Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki on Monday, following a series of eruption that last week.
The country’s volcanology agency increased the volcano’s alert status to the highest level and more than doubled the exclusion zone to a 7-kilometer (4.3-mile) radius after midnight on Monday as eruptions became more frequent. It has been spewing thick brownish ash up to 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) into the air every day since Thursday.
The eruption just after midnight on Monday spewed thick brownish ash as high as 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) into the air and hot ashes hit a nearby village, burning down several houses including a convent of Catholic nuns, said Firman Yosef, an official at the Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki monitoring post.
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2 Indians arrested in Nepal with illegal pistol
Kathmandu, Nov 5:
Two Indian nationals were arrested on Monday for possessing an illegal pistol and counterfeit currency in Nepal’s Sarlahi district, police said.
The individuals, identified as Kunnu Patel (26) and Mukesh Patel (30), both residents of Sitamarhi in Bihar, were detained while crossing the Nepal-India border.
A pistol, 10 rounds of ammunition, and 20 counterfeit banknotes in Rs 100 denominations were recovered from their possession, police said.