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Volcanic ash keeps Bali airport shut

Mount Agung spews volcanic ash into the sky at night on 27 November 2017 in Karangasem, Island of Bali, Indonesia. Indonesian authorities raised the state of alert to its highest level for the volcano, Mount Agung, after thick ash started shooting thousands of meters into the air with increasing intensity

Massive plumes of dark ash reached as high as 3km (2 miles) from the summit of the rumbling volcano.

  • 28 November 2017
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