WorldPingThe volcanic island of Anak Krakatau, located in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait between the main Java and Sumatra islands, erupted for 30 seconds at 3:53 a.m. Sunday and for 16 seconds about three hours later.
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By Sunday evening, the closure of eight airports had affected 170,000 passengers from 1,558 canceled flights, including 963 flights in Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta airport alone.
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WorldPingAnak Krakatau, which lies about 150km from the capital Jakarta, began erupting late on Friday.
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WorldPingThe massive slab of ice broke off from one of Greenland's largest glaciers and has been drifting away since.
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WorldPingToiling around the clock, haggard Indonesian firefighters on the island of Borneo cannot keep up with the blazes devouring landscapes and shrouding communities in a cloying haze.
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A massive fire at a market in the Indonesia village of Babuda has claimed the lives of eleven people.
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Mount Anak Krakatau’s eruption disrupted hundreds of flights across Indonesia, with flight cancellations extending into Monday.
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