Wahi a Abdul Muhari, ka mea haʻi'ōlelo no ka National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), ua hoʻolaha ka hoʻomalu o East Flores regency ma ka mokuʻo Nusa Tenggara Hikina i kahi kūlana pilikia ma hope o ka piʻiʻana o ka pae makaʻala o ka mauna Lewotobi Laki-Laki i ka māhele kiʻekiʻe loa i ka Pōʻalima.
Ua ʻike ka Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation i ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka hana lua pele mai Malaki 13 a Malaki 20, i hōʻike ʻia e ka piʻi ʻana o nā ʻōlaʻi lua pele a me ka puka ʻana o nā kolamu pele. He pele nui ka pele ma ka hola 23:56 i ka Pōʻalima, me ke kolamu lehu i hiki ke kiʻekiʻe o 8,000 mau mika ma luna o ka piko, ma kahi o 9,584 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai.
Ua hoʻopilikia kēia pele i ka huakaʻi ea, i hopena i nā hoʻopau ʻana i nā mokulele honua. Wahi a ka hoʻokele o I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport ma Bali, ʻehiku mau mokulele mokulele i kāpae ʻia ma waena o 09:45 a me 16:00 manawa kūloko ma ka Pōʻalima. Eia kekahi, ʻelima mau mokulele honua i kū i ka lohi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia ʻia nā mokulele kūloko e nā kāpae ʻana.
"Ma ke ʻano he hana mua, ua haʻi aku ke aupuni o East Flores i kahi kūlana pane ulia pōpilikia no ka hū ʻana o ka mauna Lewotobi Laki-Laki, he 14 mau lā mai Malaki 20 a ʻApelila 2," wahi a ka National Disaster Management Agency o Indonesia.
He 389 ka nui o ka poʻe i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka Pōʻakolu mai nā kauhale e pili ana i ka hopena o ka pele, wahi āna. Wahi a ka ʻikepili BNPB, ma kahi o 4,000 mau kānaka i noho haʻalele mai ka pele mua ʻana ma Nowemapa 4, 2024.
Wahi a ka ʻoihana hoʻokele pōʻino a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana, ua hiki i ka 4,796 ka nui o ka poʻe i haʻalele i ke aupuni.
Ua koi ʻo BNPB i ka lehulehu e noho mālie a pale i ka ʻike kuhi hewa e pili ana i ka pele. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka poʻe noho ma loko o ka radius 7 km o ka lua pele, a me ka poʻe i loko o 8 km ma ke komohana hema a me ka hikina hikina, e haʻalele koke. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo BNPB e pili ana i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka ua ka pele ma muli o nā mea lua pele i lawe ʻia e ka wai i ka ua.