JAKARTA, May 16 (Xinhua) — Indonesia’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) on Thursday afternoon raised the alert level over Ibu volcano on Halmahera Island in the eastern province of North Maluku following continually increasing activities.
Standing as high as around 1,300 meters above sea level, Ibu erupted on Thursday morning at around 10 a.m. local time, throwing ash up to 5,000