Sentences with phrase «residents near the volcano»

When the alert level of Mt. Agung in Karangasem, Bali, was increased to the highest level last week, some residents near the volcano refused to evacuate, citing the cattle as their reason to stay.

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Indonesia ordered the evacuation of 15,000 residents near an active volcano in the west of the vast archipelago on Sunday as authorities raised the alert for the emergency to the highest level.

DENPASAR, Indonesia, Nov 27 (Reuters)- Indonesia closed the airport on the tourist island of Bali on Monday and ordered 100,000 residents living near a grumbling volcano spewing columns of ash to evacuate immediately, warning that the first major eruption in 54 years could be «imminent».

VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP)-- Hawaii officials warned residents Friday that fast - moving lava was approaching an area near homes that were previously destroyed by eruptions from Hawaii's Kilauea vVOLCANO, Hawaii (AP)-- Hawaii officials warned residents Friday that fast - moving lava was approaching an area near homes that were previously destroyed by eruptions from Hawaii's Kilauea volcanovolcano.

The newest phase of Kilauea volcano's ongoing eruption has opened as many as 20 new fissures on Hawaii's Big Island over the past two weeks, spewing lava and volcanic gases, forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 residents, and destroying dozens of homes near the town of Pahoa.