3 Districts Affected By Mount Sinabung Volcanic Dust

Mount Sinabung in Karo Regency has erupted and spewed volcanic ash. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Acting (Plt) Head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Karo Natanail Warin-Angin said that the eruption of Mount Sinabung, Thursday at 17.52 WIB, caused three sub-districts to be exposed to volcanic ash and glides of hot clouds.

"The eruption of Mount Sinabung launched hot clouds with a distance of 2,000 meters to the east-southeast, and a column height of 1,500 meters," said Natanail, when contacted from Medan, as reported by Antara, Friday, October 30.

He explained that the three sub-districts in Karo Regency, North Sumatra Province that were affected by the hot cloud were Berastagi District, Merdeka District and Dolat Rakyat District.

"No houses were damaged in the three sub-districts, as a result of the Sinabung Eruption, in Karo Regency," he said.

Previously, Mount Sinabung in Karo Regency, Wednesday (28/10) at around 08.51 WIB again launched a hot cloud with a distance of 1,000 meters to the east-southeast.

The eruption of Mount Sinabung was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 120 mm and a duration of 166 seconds.

Currently Mount Sinabung is at Level III (Alert) status with the recommendation of residents and farmers not to carry out activities in the villages that have been relocated, as well as locations within a 3 km radius from the top of Mount Sinabung.

Furthermore, the sectoral radius is 5 km for the south-east sector, and 4 km for the east-north sector.