At least 1,500 people were evacuated. Indonesia due to repeated eruptions Volcano Levotobi Lucky-Laki, in the eastern part of the city Flores Islandin the east of the country, where authorities on Tuesday raised the alert to level three out of a maximum of four.

Flores regency authorities evacuated 1,185 city residents Boru and 328 Conga, after an eruption was recorded on Monday, with a column of ash rising to a height of 1,000 to 1,500 meters above the mountain (elevation 1,549 meters), Abdul Mukhari, director National Center for Disaster Information and Communication.

The volcano’s intense activity since its first eruption on December 23 also reflected a new eruption today that lasted 52 seconds, this time without any plume of smoke or ash.

This volcanic activity has led to the airport being closed since Monday. France Seda, located 80 kilometers, according to the state news agency Antara.

Indonesia has more than 400 volcanoes, of which at least 129 remain active and 65 are classified as hazardous.

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Last December, the archipelago experienced a tragic volcanic eruption. Merapi on the island Sumatra, which killed 23 people.

Indonesia is in the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire an area of ​​great seismic and volcanic activity, shaken by about 7 thousand earthquakes per year, most of them of small magnitude.

(EFE)