Jakarta/Singapore — Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali erupted, prompting authorities to evacuate about 100,000 people and shut the airport in one of the most popular tourist destinations in Asia. The government has been relocating people from around Mount Agung’s crater as volcanologists warned of an imminent larger eruption. The volcano expelled ash clouds as high as 4,000m above the crater and residents as far as 12km away reported low explosive noises and flares, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, said on Monday. Carriers including Qantas Airways and Malaysia Airlines cancelled flights as Bali’s international airport remains closed until 7am local time on Tuesday. Volcanic eruption and ash spreading across skies is dangerous for aircraft to fly through. In 2010, when Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland erupted, carriers were forced to cancel more than 100,000 flights with about $1.7bn in lost revenue. "The big concern...
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