Mount Agung volcano set to erupt in Bali

Tourists have been left stranded after the airport was forced to close

View of Mount Agung seen from Kubu sub-district in Karangasem Regency.
(Image credit: Photo credit: SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP/Getty Images)

Indonesian authorities have raised the state of alert in Bali to its highest level, as fears increase of a major eruption of Mount Agung.

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