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IN PHOTOS: Tourists stranded, flights canceled in Bali

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IN PHOTOS: Tourists stranded, flights canceled in Bali

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Authorities had closed the Ngurah Rai International Airport late Tuesday due to a large ash cloud drifting from Mount Rinjani, an active volcano on the nearby island of Lombok

JAKARTA, Indonesia (UPDARED) – Indonesia will extend the closure of an international airport on popular Bali resort island until at least Friday morning due to ash from an erupting volcano. Nearly 700 flights, including 320 international ones, were canceled between Tuesday and Thursday.

Authorities had closed the Ngurah Rai International Airport late Tuesday due to a large ash cloud drifting from Mount Rinjani, an active volcano on the nearby island of Lombok.

A total of 106 flights on Wednesday were canceled, including 59 international flights, Yulfiadi said, adding that the “situation is still under control.”

Here are photos of the situation in Bali.

GROUNDED. Indonesia will extend the closure of an international airport on popular Bali resort island due to ash from an erupting volcano, an official said on November 4, grounding more than 100 flights. AFP PHOTO / SONNY TUMBELAKA

SLEEPLESS. Passengers wait for information on delayed and cancelled flights at the international departure area of Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport in Denpasar. AFP PHOTO / SONNY TUMBELAKA

STUCK. Tourists are stuck in Bali as airport closes due to volcanic eruption. Made Nagi/EPA

NO FLIGHTS. Flights are grounded in Bali after the airport closes due to volcanic ash. Made Nagi/EPA

CANCELED. Virgin Australia is one of the airlines that first canceled its flights. Photo by EPA

STRANDED. Many are stranded in Bali after hundreds of flights were canceled. Photo by EPA

AIRPORT CLOSED. The Bali airport is closed until Thursday. Photo by EPA

Are you stranded in Bali? Send us your photos! – Rappler.com/ with reports from Agence France-Presse

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