This Morning Vomited Hot Clouds, This Is The Latest Condition Of Mount Merapi

This morning again spewed hot clouds, this is the current condition of Mount Merapi. (Photo; Twitter @BPPTKG)

YOGYAKARTA - Mount Merapi, which is located on the border of the Special Region of Yogyakarta and Central Java, has again shown its activity. Saturday, June 26 morning, Mount Merapi was reported to have emitted hot clouds.

"The hot cloud that fell from #Merapi on June 26, 2021, at 6:46 WIB was recorded on a seismogram with an amplitude of 25 mm and a duration of 78 seconds. The glide distance is 800 m to the southeast", tweeted the Twitter account @BPPTKG. This is the official account owned by the Center for Research and Development of Geological Disaster Technology.

This institution regularly reports and updates on developments that occur at Mount Merapi. As happened on Saturday, June 26 this morning, they also did not escape their attention.

Meanwhile, on Friday, June 25, as reported by Antara, there was also a burst of ash that hit several areas in Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region, hit by ash rain due to the avalanche of hot clouds from Mount Merapi which occurred on Friday at 04.43 WIB, with a sliding distance ranging from three kilometers to southeast direction.

A volunteer monitors the ash rain that occurred in Umbulharjo, Cangkringan, Sleman after the hot clouds of Mount Merapi fell on Friday morning. Antara/HO-BPBD Sleman's photo. (Intermediate Photo)

"This morning, thin volcanic ash was observed to fall in settlements on the slopes of Merapi, namely in Kalitengah Lor Hamlet, Kalitengah Kidul, and Srunen Hamlet in Glagaharjo Village, Kapanewon (District) Cangkringan", said the Head of the Emergency and Logistics Section of the Sleman Regional Disaster Management Agency, Makwan.

According to him, ash rain also occurred on the slopes of Mount Merapi in the middle, namely in Ngrangkah Hamlet and Plosokerep Hamlet, Umbulharjo Village, Cangkringan District.

"Meanwhile, on the western slopes of Merapi, ash rain was observed in Turgo Hamlet, Purwobinangun Village, Pakem District", he said.

He said that although there was ash rain in several areas of the slopes of Mount Merapi, it did not cause panic in the local community. "Residents in these areas remain calm and continue to be on alert. Conditions remain under control and residents continue to carry out their activities as usual", he said.

Makwan said, there were three hot clouds of avalanches on Mount Merapi, which is on the border of Sleman, Yogyakarta, and Central Java Regencies.

"The avalanche occurred on June 25, 2021, at 04.43 WIB recorded on the seismogram with an amplitude of 75 MM and a duration of 61, 132, and 245 seconds. The maximum sliding distance is three kilometers to the southeast, a column of smoke as high as approximately 1,000 meters above the peak of Merapi is observed", he said.

According to several residents who live around Mount Merapi, the activities that occurred at Mount Merapi on Saturday morning are still fairly normal. "Yes, it's usually called an active volcano. Muntahanlava is still fairly normal, if it's big it's usually a scene", said one resident who lives not far from Mount Merapi when contacted by VOI on Saturday, June 26 afternoon.