Overall Orange alert Volcanic eruption for Agung
in Indonesia

Event summary

ORANGE alert: The Agung Volcanic eruption is unlikely to require external humanitarian assistance based on the exposed population and coping capacity.

GDACS ID VO 509
Name: Agung
Lat/Lon: -8.34 , 115.51
Event Date: 26 Nov 2017 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: 5540000 people within 100km
Exposed Population 100km: No people affected
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI:
Population Exposure Index PEI:
Inserted at: 27 Nov 2017 13:03 UTC

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 446 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Thousands flee Bali as Agung volcano looms Thousands of foreign touris ... Thu, 30 Nov 2017 17:39:00 +0100.

In pictures: Bali's Mount Agung erupts Ash cloud. Mount Agung in Bali's northeast erupted several times over the weekend, coating nearby resorts and villages in a thin layer of ash. Dark gray clouds spewing from the peak could be seen movin
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Thousands flee Bali as Agung volcano looms Thousands of foreign touris ... Thu, 30 Nov 2017 17:19:00 +0100.

In pictures: Bali's Mount Agung erupts Ash cloud. Mount Agung in Bali's northeast erupted several times over the weekend, coating nearby resorts and villages in a thin layer of ash. Dark gray clouds spewing from the peak could be seen movin
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Every Volcano Looks Different When It's About to EruptThu, 30 Nov 2017 16:12:00 +0100.

has been thrusting ash thousands of feet into the sky for almost two weeks. Lava is burbling at the volcano’s peak. Indonesian authorities have ordered evacuations around Agung , while tourists are stranded at the closed airport. The volcan
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La Chine envoie des avions pour ramener des touristes chinois bloqués ... Thu, 30 Nov 2017 09:29:00 +0100.

GUANGZHOU, 30 novembre (Xinhua) -- Des compagnies aériennes publiques chinoises ont envoyé mercredi soir des avions pour récupérer plus de 2.700 touristes chinois bloqués à Bali, en Indonésie, après une éruption volcanique. China Southern A
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),