STORY: Ash and dust covered the roads and roofs of residential areas around Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano on Wednesday (June 18) after it erupted a day earlier and sent an ash plume of over 10 km (6.2 miles) into the sky.

Although sparsely populated, some residents who work and frequent the 7 km (4.3 miles) risk radius around the volcano such as 34 year-old Elisabet Semoi Liwu said that the village was engulfed in "red smoke" when the Tuesday (June 17) eruption occurred.

"It was terrifying... When the volcano erupted, we were on our front lawn. But then the stones started raining down on us and we ran to Hikong (a different town)," she said.

The agency also said it had raised the alert level of the volcano to the most dangerous, warning of potential lava flows if it heavily rains.

Lewotobi Laki-laki's last eruption was in May when authorities also raised the level to the most severe.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of high seismic activity atop multiple tectonic plates.

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VIDEO SHOWS: MASSIVE ASH PLUME FROM MOUNT LEWOTOBI LAKI-LAKI ERUPTION / SOUNDBITES FROM NATIONAL DISASTER AGENCY HEAD OF DISASTER DATA, INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATION CENTER ABDUL MUHARI / ROADS AND HOMES IN NEARBY VILLAGE COVERED IN ASH / SOUNDBITES FROM RESIDENT

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SHOWS: EAST FLORES REGENCY, EAST NUSA TENGGARA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (JUNE 17, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF MASSIVE ASH CLOUDS BILLOWING FROM MOUNT LEWOTOBI LAKI-LAKI FOLLOWING ERUPTION

EAST FLORES REGENCY, EAST NUSA TENGGARA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (JUNE 18, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

2. ROAD IN VILLAGE COVERED IN ASH, MOTORBIKE DRIVING DOWN ROAD

3. VARIOUS OF ASH-COVERED ROAD

EAST FLORES REGENCY, EAST NUSA TENGGARA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (JUNE 18, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

4. RESIDENT ELISABET SEMOI LIWU WALKING ALONG ROAD WITH CHILDREN

5. ELISABET BUYING GROCERIES FROM STALL

6. (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) EAST FLORES REGENCY RESIDENT ELISABET SEMOI LIWU SAYING:

ELISABET: "It was terrifying."

REPORTER ASKING: "HOW SO?"

ELISABET: "There was fog, and the smoke was red."

REPORTER ASKING: "WERE YOU SCARED?"

ELISABET: "Yes, I was scared. We had to evacuate to the temporary shelter because I was doing my laundry outside when the eruption happened."

7. ELISABET AND HER CHILDREN AT STORE

8. (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) EAST FLORES REGENCY RESIDENT ELISABET SEMOI LIWU SAYING:

"Yesterday afternoon, when the volcano erupted, we were on our front lawn. But then the stones started raining down on us and we ran to Hikong (a different town). Then when it finally subsided, we returned here."

EAST FLORES REGENCY, EAST NUSA TENGGARA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (JUNE 18, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

9. VARIOUS OF HOMES COVERED IN ASH

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (JUNE 18, 2025) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT) (THE CENTER FOR VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL HAZARD MITIGATION (PVMBG) - Must on-screen courtesy "PVMBG")

10. (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) NATIONAL DISASTER AGENCY HEAD OF DISASTER DATA, INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATION CENTER ABDUL MUHARI SAYING:

"The latest condition we know per this morning is, eruptions are still occurring and the impacts of these eruptions include ashfall with stones which affected main road access between the East Flores and Sikka regencies, we are working as fast as possible to clean this up.

EAST FLORES REGENCY, EAST NUSA TENGGARA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (JUNE 17, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

11. VARIOUS OF ASH PLUME SEEN FROM NEIGHBOURHOOD

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (JUNE 18, 2025) (ORIGINALLY FILMED IN PORTRAIT) (THE CENTER FOR VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL HAZARD MITIGATION (PVMBG) - Must on-screen courtesy "PVMBG")

12. (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) NATIONAL DISASTER AGENCY HEAD OF DISASTER DATA, INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATION CENTER ABDUL MUHARI SAYING:

"Until this moment, there are two districts affected: the Wulanggitang and Ile Bura districts, which are within the 7 km (4.3 miles) radius of our Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki danger risk map. And we've also seen more evacuees, although most of the risk areas are uninhabited, but there are still economic activities (being conducted there) by the residents."

EAST FLORES REGENCY, EAST NUSA TENGGARA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (JUNE 17, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

13. SMOKE PLUME ABOVE VOLCANO

14. RESIDENTS WATCHING ERUPTION FROM AFAR

15. VARIOUS OF ERUPTION AND ASH PLUME SEEN FROM NEARBY CITY ROAD

16. ASH PLUME BILLOWING