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closed Volcanoes closed 2015-12-24
In late October 2015, Mount Rinjani (3,726m) on the Indonesian island of Lombok began erupting. In the days that followed, ash from Rinjani blanketed towns and farmland across three Indonesian islands and shut down air traffic to a number of airports. Rinjani last erupted in 2009–2010.