Mount Agung Update - Bali, Indonesia

On 22 September 2017 at 20.30 hrs. Indonesia’s Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) increased the status of Mt. Agung in  Karangasem District, Bali Province from Level 3 (High Alert) to Level 4 (Danger), the highest level for a volcano. And on 29 October 2017, at 16.00 hrs, the status of Mt. Agung has been lowered from Level IV (dangerous) to Level III (alert). The no activity zone has also been reduced from 9 Km radius with additional sectoral expansion of 12km north-northwest and south-southwest become 6 km radius from the volcano with additional sectoral expansion of 7.5 km north-northwest and south-southwest. The displaced people who lived outside of the no activity zone start to return back home but advised to remain cautious.