Indonesian authorities have increased the alert level around the Anak Krakatau volcano and rerouted flights after a series of eruptions that triggered a deadly tsunami over the weekend.
An exclusion zone around the volcano, located on an island in the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java, was extended to a 3-mile radius.
“All flights are rerouted due to Krakatau volcano ash on red alert,” the government air traffic control agency AirNav said in a release quoted by Reuters.
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