Sentences with phrase «agung volcano eruption»

When our flight to Bali was cancelled because of the Mt Agung volcano eruption, we immediately decided to re-route our flight and go to Chiang Mai instead.

Mt Agung awakening: an environmental stress relief: The threat of a Mt Agung volcano eruption in Bali has made the headlines worldwide, creating a sense of fear leading to trip cancellations.

Not exact matches

With Mount Agung on eruption watch in Bali, Carn notes that monitoring emissions from the volcano may aid volcanologists in determining whether or not an Agung eruption is imminent.

The 3,000 meter (9,800 ft) Agung — a so - called strato - volcano capable of very violent eruptions — has recorded a sharp rise in activity that has raised worries about a repeat of a 1963 eruption that killed more than 1,000 people.

He estimated that the Agung volcano has probably ejected only about 10,000 tonnes of sulphur dioxide in the latest eruption, and not as high as the stratosphere.

Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level for the Mount Agung volcano to the highest classification, meaning an eruption could be imminent.

Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level for Mount Agung volcano in Bali to its highest degree after a surge in seismic activity around the mountain sparked fears of an eruption.

Indonesian officials have warned that Mount Agung is on the brink of a powerful eruption as the volcano continues to hurl ash and smoke thousands of feet into the air

National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) head Willem Rampangilei (center) talks to local authorities about the potential eruption of Mount Agung during a visit to the volcano's observation post in Bali on Sept. 20.

One of the difficulties in predicting the likelihood and timing of an eruption on Agung is that monitoring of the volcano began only after the 1963 eruption.

I have had a few people asking me whether it is safe to travel to Bali with the looming eruption of Mount Agung volcano.

We don't yet know if Agung volcano is currently giving us two weeks, two months or two years (or more) of warning because we don't know precisely what it did before its 1963 eruption.

We therefore don't know what specific type, frequency or size of volcanic precursors — that is, events that precede an eruption — to look for with Agung volcano.

While the eruption of Mount Agung could be quite serious, many popular tourist spots on the island — including Ubud and Seminyak — are a safe distance away from the volcano.

Indonesian authorities have banned activities like hiking within a certain radius of Bali's Mt. Agung volcano, as it shows signs of an imminent eruption, but some Hindu priests did so anyway over the weekend, attracting both criticism and support.

Despite increasing seismic activity at Mount Agung, a minister said tourists should not be afraid to visit Bali as the government has always been ready to give up - to - date information on the volcano's status to minimize the impact in the event of a major eruption.

A large eruption of Bali's restless Mount Agung volcano could be imminent, Indonesian officials have said as they called for 100,000 people to leave the area.

Indonesia said Singapore's travel advisory to avoid parts of Bali following a minor eruption at Mt. Agung volcano was «excessive.»

«The Agung volcano commenced a sustained ash eruption on Saturday, with plumes reaching 3,000 metres (nearly two miles) high,» explained Mark Tingay, a geologist at the University of Adelaide in Australia.

Since last week, Mount Agung volcano has been showing signs of possible eruption, spewing clouds of dark gray ash and with lava seen welling up in its crater.

Mount Agung is among about 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia - an archipelago prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes as it sits on the Pacific «Ring of Fire».

Volcanic ash has fallen onto a number of villages surrounding Mount Agung in Bali following an eruption at the island's tallest volcano on Tuesday afternoon, less than a month after the alert level was lowered.

All ready: National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) head Willem Rampangilei (center) talks to local authorities about the potential eruption of Mount Agung during a visit to the volcano's observation post in Bali on Sept. 20.

A second eruption in less than a week of the Mount Agung volcano in Bali has intensified the watch for a more serious explosion.

Based on the activity that preceded the last eruptions of Mt Agung in 1963, there is growing concern that the volcano might experience a major eruption in the near future.

Mount Agung, an active volcano in Karangasem Regency in East Bali, has emitted ash from small eruptions since 21 November 2017.

In 1963, the Liberty shipwreck was pushed to her present location by the fatal eruption of Bali's Gunung Agung volcano.

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Fingers crossed there won't be another volcano eruption, otherwise, I'm checking out Mount Agung and the surrounding towns.

This might be ok for most volcanoes but the 1963 - 4 Mt Agung eruption had distinctly assymetric hemispheric effects with an SH bias.