Mount Merapi erupted again at 8 AM and 2 PM yesterday. Spewing hot ash sky high towards the west. Hot ash could be seen from the shelter at Purwobinangun village in Pakem, Sleman Jogjakarta. The hot ash gushed all the way in a five kilometer radius, leading to Gendol River.
At 8 AM and two PM yesterday Mount Merapi erupted again towards Gendol River and lasting for about two hours. According to head of the mountain study and technology development in Jogjakarta - Soebandrio, there is a big possibility that the pressure inside the mountain is still tense. Causing hot ash to continue spewing from the mountain.
- Mount Merapi erupted again toward Gendol River and lasting for two hours. Causing hot ash to continue spewing from the mountain.
He added that the hot ash could be felt from a five kilometer radius and lasted more than two hours. Officials also noted that 38 storms of hot ash have occured during the past twenty four hours. A new lava dome could possible be building as a result of the eruption with a diameter of 50 centimeters replacing the lava dome that was created from the 2006 eruption.
Meantime Anak Krakatau mountain is still showing activity since this morning with 722 tremors. Head of the anak Krakatau monitoring post in Pasauran village in Banten, Anto Pambudi said that the ash could reach between 100 to 1 thousand 700 meters high. The office still strongly advises residents not to come closer to the mountain than a radius of two kilometers since the status of anak Krakatau was changed from level two. The mountain has sepwed rocks and also toxic gas.
Source : English News Sevice.
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