- Bali's Denpasar Airport will remain closed on Tuesday.
- Airbnb has sent "preparedness messaging" to more than 13,500 hosts and guests in the region.
- Flights were cancelled on Monday after an ash plume reached the airport from multiple volcanic eruption over the weekend.
Bali airport closed, flights cancelled for a second day after massive volcanic eruptions
The airport will be closed for a further 24 hours, until 7am local time on Wednesday.
Bali's Denpasar Airport will remain closed on Tuesday.
The airport will be closed for a further 24 hours, until 7am local time on Wednesday when conditions will be reassessed again, the spokesman for the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management said.
Flights in and out of Bali were cancelled on Monday, following
Ahead of Tuesday's closure announcement, Virgin Australia said their flights between Bali and Australia would be cancelled until after Tuesday. The airline said they were closely monitoring the volcano's activity, and that the aviation color code is currently red, indicating an "imminent" eruption.
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On Monday, 59,000 passengers on 445 cancelled flights — including 196 international flights — were affected, the airport said in a statement.
Ash had been confirmed on the ground at Denpasar Airport, according toAustralia's Bureau of Meteorology.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency also said that as many as 100,000 locals in 22 affected villages needed to leave the expanded danger zone around the volcano but that less than half that number have left,Associated Press reported.
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