Merapi Launches 1,800 Meters Of Fallen Hot Clouds To The Southwest

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YOGYAKARTA - Mount Merapi on the border of the Special Region of Yogyakarta and Central Java launched hot clouds of avalanches with a sliding distance of 1,800 meters (1.8 km) towards Bebeng River or southwest.

Head of the Center for Research and Development of Geological Disaster Technology (BPPTKG), Hanik Humaida said the hot clouds from Merapi rolled down at 17.31 WIB.

"The hot cloud avalanche was recorded on the seismogram with an amplitude of 27 mm and a duration of 149 seconds," he said, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, May 10.

Meanwhile, based on the BPPTKG's observation period from 12.00 to 18.00 WIB, Merapi was also recorded to emit lava avalanches four times to the southwest as far as 1.8 km.

Until now BPPTKG still maintains the status of Mount Merapi at Level III or Alert.

Lava flows and hot clouds from Mount Merapi can impact areas in the south-southwest sector which include the Boyong River (a maximum of five kilometers) and the Bedog, Krasak, Bebeng rivers (a maximum of seven kilometers).

In addition, lava flows and hot clouds from Mount Merapi can impact areas in the southeastern sector which include the Woro River (a maximum of three kilometers) and the Gendol River (a distance of five kilometers).

If the volcano experiences an explosive eruption, then the ejection of volcanic material can reach an area within a radius of three kilometers from the top of the mountain.