JEMBER - Mount Raung's volcanic ash rain flushed a number of villages in Jember Regency, East Java, after the mountain erupted five times on Thursday morning.
"From the results of monitoring and information from volunteers and the community, some residents feel that there are fine/thin ash in several villages in Silo and Ledokombo sub-districts," said Head of Emergency and Logistics Division of the Jember Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Penta Satria as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, June 12.
Several villages affected by light volcanic ash rain were in Sempolan Village, Sidomulyo Village, and Garahan Village in Silo District, then in the Karangnangkah and Jurojuh areas in Sumberbulus Village, Ledokombo District.
"The current condition of Mount Raung's volcanic ash has subsided. People are in a safe and controlled condition, and conducive," he said.
It is warned that the public and visitors/tourists do not approach the eruption center in the crater of the summit with a radius of 3 kilometers and down the caldera and spend the night in the crater area.
"We also recommend distributing masks to areas that feel the volcanic ash rain of Mount Raung, then strengthening disaster-resilient villages (destana) and volunteers in disaster-prone areas (KRB) of Mount Raung," he said.
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