This Is The Affected Area Of Mount Merapi's Falling Hot Clouds

JAKARTA - Mount Merapi on the border of Central Java Province and Yogyakarta Special Region launched hot clouds of avalanche to the southwest with a sliding distance of up to two kilometers on Friday, April 23.

Head of the Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Center (BPPTKG) Hanik Humaida, Merapi launched hot clouds of avalanches at 11.20 WIB with a column height of 300 meters above the peak when the wind blew to the east.

Mount Merapi, according to her, launched hot clouds of avalanche for 145 seconds and the hot clouds of avalanches were recorded on a seismogram with an amplitude of 55 mm.

According to BPPTKG, Merapi's activities caused ash rain in the Cepogo District, Boyolali, Central Java, at 11.30 WIB.

During the observation period Friday from 00.00 to 06.00 WIB, Mount Merapi was observed spewing out eight times of incandescent lava with a maximum glide distance of 800 meters to the southwest.

The volcano also experienced 50 avalanches with an amplitude of three to 23 mm for 12 to 97 seconds and one multi-phase earthquake with an amplitude of four mm for seven seconds.

"Until now, BPPTKG still maintains the status of Mount Merapi activity at Level III or Alert", she said, reported by Antara.

The volcanic lava and hot clouds of Mount Merapi are thought to have an impact on the area in the south-southwest sector which includes the Kuning, Boyong, Bedog, Krasak, Bebeng, and Putih Rivers.

When the volcano erupts, the eruption of volcanic material can reach an area within a radius of three kilometers from the top of the mountain.