Pandeglang BPBD Monitors The Eruption Of Mount Anak Krakatau 24 Hours

CCTV observations from Sertung Island/Photo: Antara

PANDEGLANG - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Pandeglang Regency, Banten Province, anticipates the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait to reduce disaster risk.

"We always promote being on standby for 24 hours," said Head of the Pandeglang BPBD Emergency and Logistics Section, Lilis Sulistiyati in Pandeglang, Monday, April 25.

Currently, he said, the activity of Mount Anak Krakatau has shown a significant increase so that its status was raised from Alert Level III to Alert Level II on April 24, 2022.

With the increase in status, fishermen and residents should not approach the Mount Anak Krakatau area because it emits incandescent lava. The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) of the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) has also conveyed the change of the safe zone to a radius of five kilometers from the previous two kilometers (km). "We continue to monitor information from BMKG and PVMBG to find out the progress of increasing activity of Mount Anak Krakatau," said Lilis Sulistiyati, quoted by Antara. According to her, the coast of Pandeglang is directly opposite Mount Anak Krakatau. If an eruption occurs, it is certain that the residents of Carita, Labuan, Panimbang and Sumur. That experience, he said, occurred in the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatau and the 2018 tsunami that resulted in fatalities and thousands of residents fled. , " he said.