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Indonesian volcano belches huge tower of smoke and ash

By AFP
November 30, 2020

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Mount Ili Lewotolok erupted on Sunday, belching a column of smoke and ash four kilometres (2.5 miles) into the sky, triggering a flight warning and the closure of the local airport. There were no reports of injuries or damage from the eruption in a remote part of the Southeast Asian archipelago. But authorities raised the volcano’s alert status to its second-highest level as they warned of possible lava flows.