Mukomuko Bengkulu Prone To Tsunami, BMKG Immediately Install Detection Devices
BENGKULU - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) plans to install tsunami early warning tools around the coast of Mukomuko Regency which has been eroded by abrasion. "The BMKG has conducted a survey of the location for the installation of tsunami early warning equipment on Air Punggur Beach in this area. BMKG plans to install a tsunami siren on the beach," said Head of the Emergency Division of the Mukomuko Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Ahmad Hidayat Syah in Mukomuko, Bengkulu Province, Wednesday, May 24, confiscated by Antara. He said, of the 10 districts/cities in Bengkulu Province, this area chosen by the BMKG was the target of the tsunami early warning tool installation. Then, the BMKG has established the Air Punggur Beach located on Jalan Lintas Sumatra in this area as the location of the tsunami early warning tool. "The activity of installing tsunami early warning tools on the coast of this area is a BMKG program so that they determine its location," he said.