MASS EVACUATIONS OF BALI HAVE BEEN ORDERED

Winchester, VA – UPI is reporting that nearly 100,000 people have been told to evacuate the Indonesian island of Bali, whose volcano, Mount Agung, is spewing ash 9,800 feet into the atmosphere. The volcano’s explosions are said to be audible over seven miles away. Fox News reports that a reddish-yellow glow in the ash plumes reflects the lava welling up in the crater, and is a sign of a larger, more catastrophic eruption yet to come. There is now an 11.5 mile wide radius around the volcano considered to be in the danger zone. Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency has raised the warning level to four, which is the maximum. A travel ban in effect until tomorrow has stranded many tens of thousands at airports in Bali.