29 November 

Daily volcano update

- The mountain demonstrated a new behavior yesterday that marked a new stage of the eruption process, and has volcanologists and others very worried. Beginning around 1 pm yesterday, a continuous tremor began building and within a few minutes exceeded the seismograph register (see the seismograph below). Anticipating an explosive eruption, PVMBG staff ordered all reporters and visitors to immediately leave the Rendang observation post, and messages were issued for any people in the 8-10 km red zone to move to safer areas. This massive tremor continued until around 2 pm when it began to gradually subside.A number of media reports have quoted volcanologists as saying we have entered a critical phase for a bigger, more explosive eruption.While the media has been putting a sensational spin on this, the bottom line is pretty clear.

"We anticipate bad things," one official was quoted. - There was a report of falling sand and small stones in Kubu in the afternoon, but despite a widely circulated photograph, no communities have been found that can confirm this. It is being hotly debated in the networks.A cyclone south of Java is pulling winds to the southwest, which means ashfall over much of Bali. Extreme weather is predicted through 30 Nov. The predicted ash fall areas published from the Darwin center are in the image. How to read these? 29/0400Z is 29 November at 04:00 Zulu time (same as UTC or Coordinated Universal Time, or Greenwich Mean Time. Bali is +8 hours ahead of this, so 29/0400Z is 12 noon on 29 Nov.

Text by Jackie Pomeroy

Indonesian Tourism Minister instructs room discounts and visa extensions for travelers stranded in Bali by volcano
Indonesia’s Tourism Minister has issued a set of instructions about how passengers stranded by Bali’s smoking Mount Agung volcano should be accommodated, including the issuance of room discounts and visa extensions for those who need them.
Read more: https://coconuts.co/bali/news/indonesian-tourism-minister-instructs-room-discounts-visa-extensions-travelers-stranded-bali-volcano/

Hundreds of fish and eels coming down Balis Unda River on Tuesday, downstream of the island’s smoking Mount Agung volcano.


Photos via Facebook/Ary Kencana

Bali airport to reopen as volcanic ash shifts direction: authorities
Bali’s international airport Ngurah Rai reopened today on Wednesday afternoon after a almost three-day shutdown, as ash from an erupting volcano changed direction. There is no information about how long airport gonna be open.




Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP

29 November 

at 15:00 am

Bali airport to reopen as volcanic ash shifts direction: authorities

Bali’s international airport Ngurah Rai reopened today on Wednesday afternoon after a almost three-day shutdown, as ash from an erupting volcano changed direction. There is no information about how long airport gonna be open.

Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP

29 November 

at 06:20 am

Photo from top of Batur by Deny Bakiev

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Picture credits: Asosiasi Kreatif Ubud

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