Mount Lle Lewotolok NTT Has Alert Status, People Are Asked To Anticipate Potential Fall Of Lava And Hot Clouds

Ile lewotolok volcano eruption. (Photo via ANTARA/Ho-Pos Ile Lewotolok Volcano Monitoring)

KUPANG - Mount Ile Lewotolok, Lembata Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province is now entering level II or alert status. This is after approximately 60 eruptions or eruptions at the top of Mount Ile Lewotolok on Wednesday, March 22, yesterday.

Head of the Mount Ile Lewotolok Observation Post, Stanislaus Arakian, said the 60 eruptions were a recapitulation of the eruption for a full day. This is calculated from 00.00 WITA to 24.00 WITA on Wednesday.

"Of the 60 eruptions, the height of the ash column ranges from 400 to 500 meters with gray white smoke and also black," he said as quoted by Antara, Thursday, March 23.

Dozens of eruptions that occurred accompanied by a weak to strong bang or roar and there was also incandescent lava in all directions within a radius of 200 to 400 meters.

Even though it is at level II or alert, the public is expected to anticipate if there is a big eruption. Therefore, his party recommends several things to visitors and the community.

"There are several recommendations that we have prepared to be submitted to the public," he said.

Some of the recommendations submitted are that the community and visitors / climbers / travelers do not enter and do not carry out activities within a two-kilometer radius of the mountain activity center.

Meanwhile, people in three villages, namely Lamawolo Village, Lamatokan Village, and Jontona Village, should always be aware of the potential threat of danger from avalanches/longsoran lava and hot clouds from the eastern tip/crater of the mountain.

Then the people who live around the valleys/flows of rivers that originate at the top of Mount Ile Lewotolok to always be aware of the potential threat of lava that can occur, especially during the rainy season.