In early November 2024, a series of explosive, deadly eruptions occurred at Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki—a volcano on the Indonesian island of Flores.
In early November 2024, a series of explosive, deadly eruptions occurred at Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki—a volcano on the Indonesian island of Flores. A particularly strong eruption on November 3 sent hot ash as high as 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) into the air around midnight, some of which fell on several surrounding villages.
Mount Lewotobi is composed of the two adjacent stratovolcanoes: Laki-Laki and Perempuan (the "husband and wife"), which lie less than 2 kilometers apart. Volcanic material from the November 3 eruption fell as far as 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Laki-Laki’s crater, affecting more than 10,000 people, according to Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency. Several smaller eruptions followed on November 5-6.
The false-color image above (right), acquired by the OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) on Landsat 9, shows Laki-Laki on November 5, 2024. The landscape to the west of the crater was darkened by ash fallout from the recent eruptions. The other image (left) shows the same area on October 12, 2024.
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Photo Credit: Lauren Dauphin/NASA Earth Observatory
