Indonesia raises Bali volcano alert to highest level

AP Published: 2017-09-23 09:32:26
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A man observes the Mount Agung with binoculars at a viewing point in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. Officials have more than doubled the size of evacuation zone around the Mount Agung volcano o the tourist island of Bali and raised its alert level for the second time in less than a week. [Photo AP/Firdia Lisnawati]

A man observes the Mount Agung with binoculars at a viewing point in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. Officials have more than doubled the size of evacuation zone around the Mount Agung volcano o the tourist island of Bali and raised its alert level for the second time in less than a week. [Photo AP/Firdia Lisnawati]

Mount Agung volcano is seen at the sunrise in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. Indonesia officials have more than doubled the zise of no go zone around the mount Agung volcano o the tourist island of Bali and raised its alert level for the second time in less than a week.[Photo AP/Firdia Lisnawati]

A Balinese girl prays as the Mount Agung raised its alert level at a temple in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. Indonesia officials have more than doubled the size of no go zone around the mount Agung volcano o the tourist island of Bali and raised its alert level for the second time in less than a week. [Photo AP/Firdia Lisnawati]

Rescuers assist villagers who were evacuated from their homes on the slope of Mount Agung to get off a truck upon arrival at a temporary shelter in Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017. Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level for the Mount Agung volcano on the tourist island of Bali to the highest level, and more than 11,000 villagers have left their homes around the mountain, officials said Friday. The 3,031-meter (9,944-feet) Agung last erupted in 1963, killing about 1,100 people and hurling ash as high as 10 kilometers (6 miles). [Photo AP/Firdia Lisnawati]

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