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Bali’s international airport will reopen Wednesday afternoon after a nearly three-day shutdown, Indonesian airport authorities said, as ash from an erupting volcano on the island paradise shifted direction.

The eagerly awaited decision opens up a window of hope for some of more than 120,000 tourists stranded after a spike in activity at Mount Agung grounded hundreds of flights since Monday.

But airport officials cautioned that the only direct international gateway to the tropical island could be shuttered again if winds change direction and towering columns of smoke and ash pose a risk to flights.

“The airspace will be re-opened” at 3:00 pm local time (0700 GMT), Bali Ngurah Rai airport spokesman Arie Ahsanurrohim told AFP.

But “we are going to constantly monitor the situation on the ground,” he added.

Ash is dangerous for planes as it makes runways slippery and can be sucked into their engines.

Mount Agung could produce a major eruption at any moment, officials have warned.

Tens of thousands have already fled their homes around the volcano — which last erupted in 1963, killing around 1,600 people — but as many as 100,000 will likely be forced to leave, disaster agency officials have said.

Experts said Agung’s recent activity matches the build-up to the earlier disaster, which ejected enough debris — about a billion tons — to lower global average temperatures by around 0.3 degrees Celsius for roughly a year.

“Small eruptions have been happening continuously but there’s still the possibility of a bigger, explosive eruption,” said I Gede Suantika, a senior volcanologist at Indonesia’s volcanology agency.

“Activity remains high and we are still on the highest alert level.”

Roadside signs that read “Volcanic danger zone. No entry!” underscored the potential risks of staying behind.

There is a 10 kilometer exclusion zone around Agung, which is 75 kilometres away from the beachside tourist hub of Kuta.

As of Wednesday around 440 flights had been cancelled since the start of the week.

The airport on nearby Lombok island — also a popular tourist destination — has opened and closed several times in the past few days. It is currently open.

‘Ring of Fire’

Some 100 buses are hauling visitors to several destinations including Indonesia’s second-biggest city Surabaya — 13 hours’ drive and a ferry ride away — and the capital Jakarta, the airport said, as torrential rain lashed the beach paradise.

The majority of Bali’s tourists are Chinese, followed by Australians, Indians, British visitors and Japanese, according to the immigration office, which added that nearly 25,000 foreigners live on the small, Hindu-dominated island.

Foreigners whose visitor visas are expiring will be given a special permit to stay longer due to the eruption, the agency added.

Agung rumbled back to life in September, forcing the evacuation of 140,000 people living nearby. Its activity decreased in late October and many returned to their homes.

However, on Saturday the mountain sent smoke up into the air for the second time in a week in what volcanologists call a phreatic eruption — caused by the heating and expansion of groundwater.

So-called cold lava flows have also appeared — similar to mud flows and often a prelude to the blazing orange lava of popular imagination.

Indonesia, the world’s most active volcanic region, lies on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” where tectonic plates collide, causing frequent volcanic and seismic activities.

Last year, seven people were killed after Mt. Sinabung on the western island of Sumatra erupted. A 2014 eruption at Sinabung killed 16.

[Nulgath]

Cancelled flights, missed connections and expiring visas have turned Bali into a nightmare for thousands of tourists scrambling to leave, as a volcano on the Indonesian vacation paradise threatens a major eruption.

Hundreds of flights have been grounded as the main international airport was shuttered for a second day on Tuesday, leaving 120,000 stranded visitors in need of shelter — or an exit plan.

Hundreds joined the mad rush to board buses headed to an international airport in Indonesia’s second-biggest city Surabaya — 13 hours’ drive and a ferry ride away — as torrential rains dampened spirits even more in one the world’s top tourist draws.


An imminent major eruption of Mount Agung may mean more five-star hotel living for some well-heeled visitors who are happy to sit out the minor inconvenience, but Mukesh Kumar Gupta and two-dozen members of his family aren’t going to be staying at the Four Seasons.

“We are practically helpless — how can we get back to India?” said the Chennai-based member of the heaving 26-member clan.

Gupta’s family — 23 adults and three kids — arrived in Bali 10 days ago from different Indian cities.

They were all supposed to fly back Tuesday but now they say they are stuck, and nearly broke, as chaos ensued at the airport with frustrated travellers and overwhelmed staff.

“The refund money (from the airline) won’t be enough to buy us new tickets,” another family member, Navin Saraf from Kolkata, told AFP at Bali’s main airport.

“We booked everything online beforehand, so we don’t have much cash right now,” he added.

Towering columns of thick grey smoke have been rising from Agung since last week, and in the last few days the volcano has begun shooting smoke and ash into the sky, forcing all flights to be grounded until at least Wednesday morning.

Ash is dangerous for planes as it makes runways slippery and can be sucked into their engines.

‘Nobody’s fault’

Agung is 75 kilometers (47 miles) from the beach-and-sandal tourist hub of Kuta, but that wasn’t making German student Alex Thamm feel much better.

“We are supposed to go back to Germany via Singapore on (Friday) but the situation seems not good,” he said nervously.

“Is it dangerous here? Do you think [the volcano] will explode?”

The delays weren’t putting a smile on Juan Gajun’s face either, after he missed a connecting flight Monday.

“We have to leave the island and we can’t. We were planning to go to Singapore but we have to stay here for I don’t know, maybe two or three days more,” said the 30-year-old Argentine.

Colin Cavy, a French dive master who has been in Indonesia for a couple of months, had other problems.

“I’ve just come to Bali two days ago to leave the country,” he told AFP.

“My visa has expired…I need to go to the immigration office.”

Meanwhile, cash-strapped Gupta and his bulging brood were weighing their options, which he lamented would not include help from India’s consulate in Bali.

“No one can beat nature, but at least people can help,” said Gupta’s relative Abhisek Garg, who lives in Delhi.

They might want to call inn operator I Wayan Yastina Joni, who is among the few hoteliers willing to take up an appeal by Bali’s governor and tourism agency to supply free rooms to out-of-luck visitors.

“I don’t mind giving free accommodation for tourists I already know,” said the owner of the Pondok Denayu Homestay.

“This is nobody’s fault. It’s a natural disaster that no one expected.”

[Nulgath]

Hundreds of fish and eels were spotted coming down Bali’s Unda River on Tuesday, downstream of the island’s smoking Mount Agung volcano.

The volcano has been belching thick gray clouds of since last week and in the last few days has been shooting up plumes of ash into the sky, leading to the volcano getting upgraded to the highest alert status since Monday.

Photos posted to Facebook by Ary Kencana show residents holding up various types of fish and eels on Tuesday in the muddied Unda River in Bali’s Klungkung regency, which is south of Karangasem where the volcano is.


The fish were “already dead” and “killed because of nature,” wrote Kencana, who added that hundreds of people had come to the Unda around 9am to take the fish.

“Because the water from the river mixed with mud and volcanic ash,” she wrote.

After her photos went viral with over three thousand shares, Kencana did a follow-up post, urging netizens to contact the relevant local agencies to try and find a solution to save all the dying fish.

Local residents have been warned by Indonesia’s Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to stay away from river channels as lahars—destructive flows of ash, mud, and other debris—begin to flow down.

“People around Mount Agung should be alert against the threat of cold lava floods. If it starts to rain upstream, immediately get out of the water,” cautions BNPB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

“The rain is going to increase. Do not do activities around the river. In a radius of eight to 10 kilometers, must be empty from activity. People in this radius are in danger and must evacuate. Do not even watch the eruption near Mount Agung,” Nugroho said, as quoted by Tribun Bali.

Additionally, the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) has instructed residents to specifically beware of the Yeh Sah and Unda Rivers.

“The chemical threat of lahars is minimal, but the physical threat is much greater. So, it’s better not to do any activities around the river and to be especially alert if passing over the bridge,” said PVMBG head, Gede Suantika.

But seeing all the fish coming down, residents outside of the exclusion zone have not totally heeded the warning of staying away from the river. Residents came carrying nets to capture fish and eels that had allegedly died due to sulfur poisoning in the river—which did reportedly have a “stinging odor of sulfur.”

“The night before, the cold lava was flowing quite swiftly. People panicked and were worried, but until now the lahar is still flowing and so it’s become a spectacle,” said local resident, Ni Ketut Sari.

A resident of Selat, Karangasem, Wayan Putra said that the lahars are getting bigger due to heavy rainfall.

“In Selat, there are many villages affected by lahars.

“Residents are worried about their crops and livestock,” he added.

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[DageDage]

Yesterday, The Guardian published an exclusive report detailing the results of a major scientific study on the high prevalence of microplastics in tap water throughout the world. Defined as tiny plastic fibers that can range from less to 5 mm down to just nanometers in length, the study warns that microplastics can harbor potentially dangerous chemicals or pathogens and are so small they could theoretically penetrate cells and organs.

According to the study’s findings, microplastics were found in 76.2% of tap water in Jakarta and an average of 1.9 fibers found per 500ml.

By comparison, the country with the highest percentage was the US with 94.4% and an average of 4.8 fibers per 500ml. Almost all countries surveyed showed fairly high levels of microplastic contamination, with all of the European countries averaging the lowest with 72.2% tap water contamination. Overall, 83% of all the water samples they tested included microplastics.

In Indonesia, samples were drawn from the taps of homes in five parts of the Greater Jakarta region: Bogor, Depok, South Tangerang and Bekasi.

The problem is somewhat mitigated due to the fact that most people in Jakarta don’t drink tap water but instead rely on purified water gallons. However, the study also noted that even samples taken from water bottles in several countries still showed microplastic contamination.

As alarming as the study is, the real risks of microplastic contamination on humans have not been thoroughly investigated, but they have been significantly detrimental to certain animals especially sea life.

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Originally Posted by sohbuckkong

I just wonder do anyone here have any fantasy of fucking a balinese girl in d midst of this fiery volcanic agung eruption. The best time is to fuck her at 12 midnight for optimum feel.

Yeah, my fantasy is to cum together with Mount Agung,
2 big huge explosion.

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