Bali volcano danger signs unabated week after high alert
KARANGASEM, Indonesia — A week after authorities put Bali’s volcano on high alert, tremors that indicate an eruption is coming show no sign of abating, swelling the exodus from the region to at least 140,000 people.
Disaster authorities on the Indonesian island famed for its lush tropical interior and beguiling beaches said Friday that instruments recorded more than 450 tremors from cone-shaped Mount Agung from dawn until dusk.
The disaster agency said more than 144,000 people have now left areas around the volcano, including from places outside the immediate danger zone.
But Bali’s governor, Made Mangku Pastika, urged people from officially safe areas — more than 75,000 people by his estimate — to return home.