<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/indonesia" rel="" target="_blank" title="Indonesia"><span>Indonesia</span></a><span> erupted overnight, spewing towering columns of hot ash into the air.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities raised the eruption alert to the highest level and expanded the danger zone to 8km from the crater.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Indonesia's Geology Agency said in a statement it recorded the volcano unleashing 10,000m of thick grey clouds at 5.35 pm local time (8.35 pm AEST), following significant volcanic activities, including 50 in two hours, rather than the usual daily eight to 10 activities.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/adriana-smith-baby-delivered-from-braindead-woman-on-life-support-in-georgia-usa/b6c1736a-509d-4525-af6a-edf82a47254c" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Baby delivered from brain-dead woman on life support in US</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The ashes expanded into a mushroom-shaped ash cloud that could be seen from the cities located 90km to 150km from the mountain.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There were no casualties reported.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Residents were warned to be vigilant about heavy rainfall triggering lava flows in rivers originating from the volcano.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/indonesia-volcano-mount-lewotobi-laki-laki-erupts-alert-raised-to-highest-level/ebb09a9b-65b5-4c0d-8d94-4b6a5a392732" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-anthony-albanese-meeting-in-doubt-after-white-house-announces-early-g7-departure/2a1d579c-528d-451e-9760-62be996785f5" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Trump snub 'understandable', PM's office says</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="styles__Wrapper-sc-2o34ro-0 cmwkBV"><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><a href="/content/2025/06/17/11/25/today-in-history-june-18-what-happened-on-this-day"><img alt="" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 636px, (min-width: 768px) 396px, 100vw" src="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/8vqZPlatuB3Ja3hMtTtXBPGl2DM=/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fbae67cbc-4ef1-49f8-bad9-97d2b7a49a03" srcset="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/8vqZPlatuB3Ja3hMtTtXBPGl2DM=/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fbae67cbc-4ef1-49f8-bad9-97d2b7a49a03 396w, https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/v3-WNKy8po0D5Qawg2cuNjlQAmg=/636x358/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fbae67cbc-4ef1-49f8-bad9-97d2b7a49a03 636w"/></a></div><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><div class="styles__Headline-sc-2o34ro-4 hpbOlz">Banana company pushes US into approving military coup</div><div class="styles__Button-sc-2o34ro-1 eBjlmW"><a class="styles__ButtonLink-sc-2o34ro-2 hqpklJ" href="/content/2025/06/17/11/25/today-in-history-june-18-what-happened-on-this-day">View Gallery</a></div></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in November killed nine people and injured dozens.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 1584m mountain is a twin volcano with Mount Lewotobi Perempuan in the district of Flores Timur.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Indonesia is an archipelago of 270 million people with frequent seismic activity. 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