Jakarta-Sana
A volcano erupted today in the eastern Indonesian province of Nusa Tenggara and threw ash four kilometers into the air, causing panic among the region's residents, leading thousands to flee their homes.
Reuters quoted Raditiya Ghati, a spokeswoman for the Volcanic and Geological Hazards Response Center, as saying in a statement that “the explosion of Mount Il Liutuluk, about 2,600 kilometers east of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, scared the residents near it,” noting that about three thousand residents of 26 villages fled in search of About a shelter without talking about casualties.
In the same context, the head of the center confirmed that the volcano's activity rose to the second highest level on the Indonesian warning system consisting of four levels, and that the area near the volcano is likely to continue to suffer from hot clouds, lava, collapses and toxic gas.
Indonesia is located in an area called the "Ring of Fire" in the Pacific Basin, where continental tectonic plates collide, causing many earthquakes and volcanic activities.