Agung

It last had an eruption in 1963-64. But many people thought, well, this is about to Erupt. But everything stalled, everything calmed down. But then 13 years later in 1994, With not that much precursor activity, The thing blew up. The thing blew up. And the ash column reached the stratosphere. Had a significant local effect. The town of Kowao was evacuated and is officially Not Being reoccupied. And Once that takes place, you can get a runaway Effect. That the small eruptions of the type that are Occurring now could lead to a much bigger one. In the order of days to weeks. In The case of Agung, it has progressed to the Point where fragmental rock ash is coming out of The top of the volcano. That's bad news for you in Bali because now It looks like the magmatic system has fractured its Way up towards the surface. But it may calm down again. Everything could become quite tranquil and people Would be safe to go back to where they Were living.