KARANGASEM, Indonesia (AP) – Gushing ash from Bali’s Mount Agung volcano has dissipated into a wispy plume of steam, and Australian airlines that canceled some flights to the Indonesian resort island on the weekend have returned to near-normal schedules.
Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency said Monday the volcano remains at its highest alert level but most of Bali is safe for tourists.
The exclusion zone around the volcano still extends 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the crater in some directions. More than 55,000 people are living in shelters.
Hindu priests give holy water to worshipers during a prayer at a temple located a few kilometers (miles) from the crater of the Mount Agung volcano in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. Authorities have told tens of thousands of people to leave an area extending 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the volcano as it belches volcanic materials into the air. Mount Agung’s last major eruption in 1963 killed about 1,100 people. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Airlines Jetstar and Virgin Australia, which canceled flights over the weekend even as the ash cloud shrank dramatically, said they were resuming services Monday.
Tens of thousands of tourists were stranded when ash closed the Bali international airport for nearly three days last week.
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