JAKARTA: Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency said 40,000 people had been evacuated from near Bali’s erupting Mount Agung volcano, but tens of thousands still needed to move with an imminent large eruption warning issued on Monday.
“We really ask people in the danger zone to evacuate immediately because there’s a potential for a bigger eruption,” said Sutopo, a spokesman for Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB).
He told a briefing that 40,000 people had evacuated out of around 90,000-100,000 residents estimated in the 8-10 km (5-6 miles) exclusion zone around Agung.
“Not all residents have evacuated yet. There are those (who haven’t evacuated) because their farm animals haven’t been evacuated yet. There are those who feel they are safe,” he said, adding that security personnel were trying to persuade people to leave but they could be evacuated by force.
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Indonesia says 40,000 evacuated from Bali volcano, more need to move
Indonesia says 40,000 evacuated from Bali volcano, more need to move
Junta leader Gen. Mamdi Doumbouya is declared winner of Guinea’s election, provisional results show
CONAKRY, Guinea: Junta leader Gen. Mamdi Doumbouya was declared the winner of Guinea’s election held over the weekend, according to provisional results released late on Tuesday.
Doumbouya won 86.72 percent of the votes counted so far, according to the General Directorate of Elections. The election on Sunday was the country’s first election since a 2021 coup, as analysts said a weakened opposition would result in Doumbouya’s win.
The vote was the culmination of a transition process that began four years ago after Doumbouya ousted President Alpha Condé. The junta leader has proceeded to clamp down on the main opposition and dissent, critics say, leaving him with no major opposition among the eight other candidates in the race.
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