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Bali airport reopens after closure for 12 hours due to volcanic eruption; more than 300 flights resumed
•Bali reopened its international airport on Friday after a volcanic eruption temporarily grounded flights, stranding thousands of tourists.
Bali's Mount Agung volcanic eruption: Indonesian volcano last erupted in 1963, killing nearly 1,500 people
Fp Staff •Thousands of tourists were stranded at Bali's Ngurah Rai airport, with 280 flights cancelled, and some 15,700 passengers affected after the Mount Agung volcano erupted, a thick plume of ash and smoke shooting thousands of metres into the sky on Thursday.
Bali international airport shut due to volcanic eruption; 48 flights cancelled, over 8,000 passengers affected by disruption
•Bali closed its international airport following a volcanic eruption on the Indonesian resort island that sent thick smoke and ash billowing 2,000 metres into the air, an official said on Friday.
Indonesia's Cyclone Cempaka: Death toll soars to 41 in island of Java; 28,000 people displaced
•A tropical cyclone that pounded Indonesia's main island of Java has killed 41 people, with tens of thousands displaced by severe flooding and landslides
As Bali's Mount Agung volcano begins to dissipate, flights return to 'near-normal schedules'
•Gushing ash from Bali's Mount Agung volcano has dissipated into a wispy plume of steam, and Australian airlines that canceled some flights resume
Bali airport reopens after three-day shutdown: President urges people to move out of Mount Agung's exclusion zone
•The airport on the Indonesian resort island of Bali reopened on Wednesday after an erupting volcano forced its closure two days ago
Bali volcano: Mount Agung eruption to impact global climate, could temporarily cool entire planet
Fp Staff •A violent eruption of Mount Agung could also have ramifications beyond Bali, as it threatens to alter the global climate.
Mount Agung erupts: Bali's international airport closed for third day as volcanic ash continues to rise
•The international airport on the Indonesian island of Bali is closed for a third day due to an erupting volcano.
Bali volcano continues to rage for second day: Evacuation centres, hotels fill up as stranded tourists hunt for accommodation
•Evacuation centres and hotels in Bali filled up with thousands seeking refuge as a volcano on the Indonesian resort island threatened to explode in a major eruption
Bali volcano continues to rage for second day: Authorities scramble to evacuate locals
Fp Staff •Indonesia extended the closure of the airport on Bali as ash from a volcano swept the island, stranding thousands of tourists as authorities tried to persuade villagers to leave their homes near the erupting mountain