Ahead Of Eid 2025, The Governor Of West Sumatra Asks Residents To Be Alert To The Marapi Eruption

The eruption of Mount Marapi in West Sumatra (West Sumatra). (Between)

JAKARTA - West Sumatra Governor (West Sumatra) Mahyeldi appealed to the public to increase vigilance following the increasing activity of Mount Marapi and the potential for high rainfall in the next few days.

"The combination of the eruption of Mount Marapi and high rainfall has the potential to trigger secondary disasters, such as landslides and cold lava floods (galodo floods). We urge the public to be vigilant," he said after receiving reports of preparedness for potential geo-hydrometeorological disasters from the West Sumatra BMKG in Padang, Thursday, March 20, confiscated by Antara.

Mahyeldi said that vigilance is especially for people around Mount Marapi, Sitinjak Lauik, as well as areas prone to landslides and other galodo.

To anticipate the impact of high rainfall and eruptions, he said, the West Sumatra Provincial Government (Pemprov) together with BMKG have prepared mitigation measures.

Monitoring cameras and sirens have been installed to warn residents if there is an increase in water discharge upstream of rivers around Mount Marapi. In addition, heavy equipment and standby posts have been prepared at landslide-prone points, especially on the Lebaran homecoming route.

BMKG will also update early warnings every three days to ensure that people get the latest information about potential disasters.

Apart from the people of West Sumatra, Governor Mahyeldi also reminded travelers to always monitor weather information and warnings from BMKG before traveling.

"Early warning information has been conveyed to the local community by the BMKG and BPBD. We urge the public and travelers to routinely check information from the BMKG," he said.

As a socialization measure, weather information and early warning potential disasters will be broadcast through various public information channels, such as videotron, social media, homecoming information services s.id/mudiksumbar, as well as the West Sumatra Madani and BMKG Info applications.