JAKARTA – Mount Lewotobi in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province erupted multiple times on Sunday, prompting the country’s Volcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation Center to issue its highest aviation alert.
The strongest eruption occurred at 14:05 local time, sending a massive ash column up to 6,000 meters into the sky. Thick gray volcanic clouds spread northward, northeastward, westward, and northwestward from the crater.
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Authorities raised the…