Bali tourists are stranded as volcano outburst powers dozens of flight cancellations; Here's what we know | Today news

Dozens of flights to and from Bali were canceled after a volcanic eruption near the popular tourist -Island in Indonesia, who stranded holidaymakers and expressed concern about the impact on the country’s important tourism sector. Singapore Airlines, Jetstar Airways, Airasia X, Batik Air and Wings Air were one of the carriers who temporarily halted services due to the volcanic activity. According to data from Bali’s International Airport cited by Reuters, about 30 flights have been canceled so far. However, Denpasar Airport, the main gate to the tourist hotspot of Bali, remained open, and some carriers, including Pt Garuda Indonesia, were still looking at passengers. Reuters reported that, according to the explanation observed by the Volcano Observatory for Aviation, gray volcanic axis of medium intensity was noticed to the north. Tourists stranded in Indonesia, more than a thousand tourists, were affected, especially those traveling to the Bali and Komodo National Park. Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki broke out last May when the authorities also raised the warning level to the most serious. A previous eruption in March forced airlines to cancel and postpone flights to Bali, about 800 km (800 km), CNN reports. In November, the volcano broke out several times and claimed the lives of nine people and injured dozens of others, forcing thousands to flee and cancel flights. Disruptions due to the outburst the disruption began after Tuesday’s outburst of the Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano in the east of the Flores Island in Indonesia. The country’s disaster management agency said in a statement that the authorities increased the volcano’s disaster warning to the highest level of four after the eruption sent an ascolom of more than 10 kilometers (6 miles) into the air, Reuters reports. Seismic monitoring devices are still locating tremors indicating constant volcanic activity, the disaster management agency told Reuters.