Indonesia's Mount Lewa. Tobi. Lucky lucky spewed an
ash column over five miles into the air as the
volcano erupted at least three more times. On Saturday
morning, officials say they plan to widen the restricted
area around the mountain in the country's east. They've
been scrambling to evacuate 16,000 people from villages nearest the
crater since a big eruption last Sunday killed nine,
some 10,700 people have been removed so far from the
area, data from Indonesia's disaster agency showed on Saturday
, evacuees like Shirly Anna OSI Soji have left their
homes behind. Yes. Here we are comfortable now
. Given food and water. Thanks to God,
sleeping conditions are also good but for those who have
toddlers, they are still sleeping on mats. There
are no mattresses and supplies for toddlers are also still
limited. Authorities plan to expand the no go zone
south west to north west of the crater to 5.6
miles up from five disaster agency officer Argus Riano says
three evacuation centers have been set up and the local
government is preparing three more. Riano believes more may
be needed on Friday Mount Lewa Tobe erupted several times
with an ash column up to 6.2 miles high.