AP PHOTOS: Warnings of Bali volcano eruption spark exodus

Sep 28, 2017

AP PHOTOS: Fears of a volcano eruption have sparked an exodus of nearly 100,000 people on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali

BALI, Indonesia — Warnings that the Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali will erupt have sparked an exodus of nearly 100,000 people that is likely to continue to swell.

In this series of images by Associated Press photographer Firdia Lisnawati, people living within a high-danger zone that in places extends 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) from the crater have evacuated their villages, and others farther away are also leaving. Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo visited a sports center serving as temporary accommodation in a district south of the volcano on Tuesday.

The region is being rattled daily by hundreds of tremors from the mountain, which volcanologists say indicates a high chance of an eruption. Mount Agung last erupted in 1963, killing about 1,100 people.

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