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Bali’s Mount Agung volcano erupts overnight

AAPWestern Suburbs Weekly

BALI’S Mount Agung volcano has erupted again overnight, spewing ash into the sky to a height of up to 2km.

There were no immediate reports of casualties after the active volcano erupted at 7pm on Sunday, followed by a second eruption at around 3.21am.

No volcanic ash has reached the airport but the eruption has not affected Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, with no current delays to flights.

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Qantas, Jetstar and Air Asia are all running as scheduled.

The volcano’s status remains on alert at level three of four possible levels and authorities continued to impose a 4km exclusion zone.

A thick ash column was blown to the southwest, causing a drizzle of volcanic ash in the Karangasem, Bangli and Klunglung districts, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the national disaster mitigation agency, said.

“This a normal situation of an active volcano and there is no need for the public to panic, as long as they remain outside the danger zone,” Mr Nugroho said.