Did you know that the erupting volcano that is hurling ash 9,800 feet into the atmosphereaand is creating a danger zone which affects 22 villages and about 90,000 to 100,000 people?

Nov. 27, 2017: Clouds of ashes rise from the Mount Agung volcano erupting in Karangasem, Indonesia.  (AP)

Did you know that the Indonesian authorities on Monday expanded the established danger zone around an erupting volcano that is hurling ash 9,800 feet into the atmosphere and whose explosions could be heard over seven miles away?

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id you know that experts said lava is welling up in the crater, sometimes reflected as a reddish-yellow glow in the ash plumes?

Did you know that the agency raised the volcano's alert to the highest level early Monday and expanded the danger zone to six miles?

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Did you know that the erupting volcano that is hurling ash 9,800 feet into the atmosphereaand is creating a danger zone which affects 22 villages and about 90,000 to 100,000 people?

Did you know that  Nugroho said about 40,000 people have evacuated but others have not left because they feel safe or don't want to abandon their livestock?

Did you know that "Authorities will comb the area to persuade them," he said. "If needed we will forcibly evacuate them." About 25,000 people were already living in evacuation centers after an increase in tremors from the mountain in September sparked an evacuation?

Did you know that Lava rising in the crater "will certainly spill over to the slopes," Sutopo said. the volcano's last major eruption in 1963 killed about 1,100 people?

Did you know that the Indonesian disaster agency called on 100,000 to evacuate and expanded the danger zone after the eruption of Mount Agung?


Did you know that the volcano activity caused authorities to raise the alert to the highest level on Monday following the increased activity over the weekend?

Did you know that the move to close the airport came after tests showed the volcano’s ash had reached its airspace, making it dangerous to fly?

Did you know that Hundreds of flights were cancelled, leaving about 59,000 tourists stranded on the Island?

Did you know that the closure will continue until Tuesday, but officials said they are closely monitoring the situation and will determine every six hours whether the airport should remain closed?

Did you know that the officials at the Disaster Mitigation Agency said in a statement Monday that a volcanic eruption is “imminent” though the exact scale remains unclear?

Did you know that “Continuing plumes of smoke are occasionally accompanied by explosive eruptions and the sound of weak blasts that can be heard up to 12 km (seven miles) from the peak,” the statement read, according to Reuters?

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