THE government aims to evacuate at least 16,000 residents from villages around the active Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano that erupted and killed nine people and damaged thousands of houses, an official said.

The Indonesian government aims to evacuate at least 16,000 residents from villages around the active Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano that erupted and killed nine people and damaged thousands of houses,

Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency says that at least ten people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores.

Four airports in East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, were temporarily closed due to the eruption of Mount Lewotobi late Sunday night, which killed at least 10 people, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) announced on Monday.

Nine people were killed after Mount Lewotobi in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province erupted late Sunday night, according to Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency BNPB. (Indonesia's Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation/Handout via Xinhua)

Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi erupted late Sunday, killing at least six people and affecting more than a dozen villages, the nation's disaster management authority said Monday.

By bno - Surabaya Office A powerful eruption from Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki on Indonesia’s Flores Island has claimed at least 10 lives, authorities confirmed on November 4, BBC reported. The volcano, situated in East Nusa Tenggara province,