Indonesia’s rumbling Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted Monday, sending a column of volcanic materials as high as 18 kilometers (11 miles) into the sky and depositing ash on villages.

The ash cloud above Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki on Monday was about four times taller than the one produced by an eruption there last month.

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on Monday spewing a colossal ash tower 18 kilometres into the sky, authorities said, just weeks after it caused dozens of