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Worst possible scenario involves pyroclastic flows – currents of hot gas and rock moving at 70 miles per hour!

‘The activity of Mount Agung has entered the magmatic eruption phase,’ an Indonesian official said on Sunday. 

‘It is still spewing ash at the moment but we need to monitor and be cautious over the possibility of a strong, explosive eruption.’

Up to 150,000 people have been urged to evacuate areas within a 10 kilometre radius of Bali’s Mount Agung as authorities fear its lava could reach 22 surrounding communities. A danger zone was expanded Monday morning amid issuing of the volcano’s highest alert, with heavy rain sending ash and magma towards nearby villages.

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Lava flows from Bali’s erupting volcano Mount Agung as 60,000 tourists are STRANDED and 150,000 people are urged to evacuate – and experts warn the worst is yet to come

• Authorities issue red alert aviation warning as Mount Agung continues to erupt
• Magma has reached surface of volcano in Bali amid fears of ‘explosive eruption’
• Holiday plans thrown into disarray as ash forced cancellation of dozens of flights
• Denpasar International Airport was prepared for the worst – and has now closed 

Up to 150,000 people have been urged to evacuate areas within a 10 kilometre radius of Bali‘s Mount Agung as authorities fear its lava could reach 22 surrounding communities. 

A danger zone was expanded Monday morning amid issuing of the volcano’s highest alert, with heavy rain sending ash and magma towards nearby villages.

As authorities attempt to urge people to evacuate, only 40,000 have chosen to leave with many ‘feeling safe’ or staying to protect livestock, Bloomberg reports. 

Almost 60,000 travelers were left stranded after 445 flights were cancelled, most left waiting 24 hours to see if Denpasar Airport will reopen.

Authorities imposed a 10km exclusion zone around the volcano which has been hurling ash thousands of metres into the atmosphere since the weekend.

‘The volcanic eruption has moved on to the next, more severe, magmatic eruption phase, where highly viscous lava can trap gasses under pressure, potentially leading to an explosion,’ he said in a statement.

Jetstar, Virgin, Qantas and Garuda advised passengers on Monday morning that all flights were cancelled.

The decision was made on safety grounds and reversed earlier expectations that flights would go ahead.

‘While these disruptions are frustrating, we will always put safety before schedule,’ Jetstar said in a statement.

Jetstar will next update passengers about 7pm after further advice from the Bureau of Meteorology’s Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre.

Virgin says it’s closely monitoring the situation ‘and will provide further updates as they become available’.

Dozens of flights were also cancelled on Sunday because of the volcanic ash.

Indonesia’s Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation raised its aviation colour code from orange to red indicating a further eruption with significant emission of volcanic ash into the atmosphere was imminent.

Mount Agung in eastern Bali last erupted in 1963 killing more than 1000 people and razing several villages. 

Authorities raised the volcano alert to the highest level on Monday and ordered people within 10km of the mountain to evacuate amid fears of a major eruption. 

Magma has now reached the surface of the volcano, which threatens to produce a ’strong, explosive eruption,’ authorities warned.

‘The activity of Mount Agung has entered the magmatic eruption phase,’ an Indonesian official said on Sunday. 

‘It is still spewing ash at the moment but we need to monitor and be cautious over the possibility of a strong, explosive eruption.’

Mt Agung erupted on Saturday evening and three times on Sunday, throwing holiday plans into disarray.

Indonesia’s Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation raised its aviation colour code from orange to red, indicating a further eruption with significant emission of volcanic ash into the atmosphere was imminent.

Mt Agung sits more than 3000 metres high over eastern Bali. It last erupted in 1963, killing more than 1,000 people and razing several villages.

Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology’s Volanic Ash Advisory Centre in Darwin issued maps showing an ash cloud heading southeast over the neighbouring island of Lombok away from Bali’s capital Denpasar, where the international airport is located. 

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