Tourists have been stranded on the Indonesian island of Bali after a nearby volcano spewed hot towers of ash more than five miles into the sky, forcing airlines to cancel flights to and from the popular destination.

Several international airlines cancelled flights to and from Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Wednesday, after further eruptions of a volcano that has spewed ash clouds as high as 10 km (32,808 ft) and forced thousands to evacuate.

Several Australian airlines have canceled flights to and from the popular Indonesian vacation island of Bali after an erupting volcano gushed a column of hot ash miles into the sky.