After Mount Agung’s eruption on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, locals and tourists are scrambling for refuge as authorities have issued the highest-level warning possible. Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS) has closed and canceled all flights. People are scrambling to find a way out of Bali.The level IV warning was issued due to what is called a phreatomagmatic eruption, which occurs when magma comes in direct contact with water. The volcano then emits enormous amounts of steam as well as gases and pyroclastic material.Photo by Keyza Widiatmika/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesSome Balinese locals are seeking refuge in evacuation centers after Agung erupted a second time within a week. The photo below shows people in a shelter in the Klungkung Regency.Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty Images9,900-foot Agung is in the background as people ride in a truck in the Kubu sub-district in the Karangasem Regency.Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka/AFP/Getty ImagesElementary school students are seen wearing face masks, as urged by the government, to protect themselves from the active volcano. Schools were in session until Tuesday, November 28. With the government raising the warning to its highest level, everything within a seven-mile radius of Mount Agung is facing a mandatory evacuation.Photo by Mahendra Moonstar/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesHere Mount Agung erupts in the background of this photo from Kubu, Karangasem Regency. The ash and steam reach up to 6,000 m, or 20,000 ft, in the sky.Photo by Dasril Roszandi/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesA flight information screen shows the list of cancelled flights due to the eruption at the Ngurah Rai International airport in Denpasar, Bali. Nearly 60,000 travelers have been stranded and over 400 flights have been cancelled as of Tuesday.Photo by Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto by Andri Tambunan / Getty ImagesPhoto by Andri Tambunan/Getty ImagesVillagers prepare for an independent evacuation in Selat village. Photo by Solo Imaji / Barcroft Media via Getty ImagesIn the photo below, passengers are lining up at the Ngurah Rai International airport to wait for possible flights off the island. The airport was initially closed for 24 hours till early morning Tuesday, but authorities extended that to Wednesday morning with ash reaching the airport’s airspace. Travelers are able to leave the island by taking a ferry from Gilimanuk to Banyuwangi on the nearby island ofJava and then making way by plane, train or car to Jakarta for International connections.Photo by Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty ImagesIn the image below, a resident of the Karangasem Regency moves his cattle out of possible harm as Mount Agung erupts.Sign up for our daily newsletterEmail addressSign upI would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. See privacy policy.Photo by Sonny Tumbeleaka/AFP/Getty ImagesThe predominant religion in Bali is Hindu and here, a group of Balinese Hindus pray near Agung in Muntig village to prevent the volcano from erupting and destroying their village.Photo by Sonny Tumbeleaka/AFP/Getty ImagesPassengers waiting at the Ngurah Rai International airport to wait for possible flights off the island. The government says it has provided 100 buses to transport people from the international airport to ferry ports.Photo by Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty ImagesEvacuees, like the ones below, have started building temporary shelters like this one at Rendang Evacuation Center in Karangasem, on Bali. Indonesia’s tourism ministry said members of the Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association are providing free accommodations to guests who were affected by the airport closure.Photo by Andri Tambunan/Getty ImagesCold lava from the Mount Agung eruption flows near the village of Rendang. Photo by Solo Imaji / Barcroft Media via Getty ImagesA tourist is seen taking a picture in front of the erupting volcano. Up to 100,000 people have been instructed to evacuate the area.Photo by Sonny Tumbeleaka/AFP/Getty Images
