EAST FLORES, EAST NUSA TENGGARA — Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Flores Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), showed renewed activity on Tuesday (June 17, 2025). This eruption was marked by a widespread hot cloud and an ash column rising more than 10 kilometers.
Dompet Dhuafa, through its Disaster Management Center (DMC) and NTT branch, swiftly responded to the emergency situation. Since Friday (June 18, 2025), DMC teams have been on-site, distributing various forms of assistance to survivors in Flores Timur.
One of the main focuses of the aid is the establishment of a public kitchen. This public kitchen was set up to meet the daily food needs of 69 affected residents who have taken refuge in an independent evacuation camp in Konga Village, Titehena District, East Flores.
In addition, the DMC team is actively distributing clean water to other independent evacuation centers in East Flores. Not only that, on Sunday (June 22, 2025), at the Waidoko independent evacuation center in Ilebura District, Larantuka, DMC distributed hygiene kits and baby kits to ensure the cleanliness and health of the survivors, especially families with babies.
According to a report from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG), a series of earthquakes were recorded, including tremors, non-harmonic tremors, deep volcanic earthquakes, and distant tectonic earthquakes. These conditions prompted the PVMBG to raise the status of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki from level III (Alert) to level IV (Warning).
Adi Fahmi Liliwana, a member of the Dompet Dhuafa NTT team at the location, reported that volcanic activity at Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has now decreased. “The people who had evacuated due to the major eruption have returned to their homes. However, at the previous field post (where evacuees are still waiting in line for temporary shelters), there has been an increase, though not significant. The volcano remains at Level 4 (Alert),” explained Adi Fahmi on Sunday (June 22, 2025).
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Friends, Dompet Dhuafa, together with volunteers, will continue to monitor the situation and ensure that humanitarian aid is distributed properly to the survivors. You can also help the volunteers and survivors through the link EMERGENCY! HELP THE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT LEWOTOBI LAKI-LAKI. (Dompet Dhuafa)
Text and photos: Muhammad Afriza Adha, DMC
Editor: Dhika