240,000 to be evacuated from imminent Volcanic eruption in Bali...

Hundreds of further tremors recorded overnight, last eruption in 1963 was a VEI 5 event.

28,000 villagers living on the slopes of the Mt Agung volcano have now been evacuated to shelters. Another 240,000 people are expected to flee within the next 24 hours.

Hundreds of tremors, from deep within Mt Agung, are now being recorded daily as the majestic mountain rumbles into action for the first time in five decades.

In the 12 hours, from midnight on Friday until noon Saturday, a total of 198 tremors were recorded.

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