Lumajang, East Java – Clouds of volcanic ash shot out of the 3,676- meter Mount Semeru on Tuesday and blanketed 6 villages in Lumajang district, East Java province.
” Today, ashes blanketed 6 villages in 2 sub-districts, particularly Candipuro and Pasrujambe,” Wawan Hadi Siswoyo, representative for the Lumajang Catastrophe Mitigation Workplace (BPBD), said here on Tuesday.
” The six towns impacted by the ashes of Mount Semeru are Addrejo, Tumpeng, Kelapa Sawit, Penanggal, and Sumbermujur in Candipuro sub-district, while the other is Pasrujambe in Pasrujambe sub-district,” he informed.
Mount Semeru spewed hot clouds of ash with a sliding range of about 2 kilometers from the lava dome, producing a blackish-white smoke that rose high towards the north at 6: 36 a.m. local time, he stated.
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Ash rain with light to moderate strength covered the 6 towns for two hours, he added.
” We have actually prepared countless masks to anticipate Mount Semeru’s volcanic ash rain so that they can be distributed at any time when volcanic ash rain occurs,” he said.
The status of Mount Semeru, the greatest mountain on the island of Java, has actually been set at level II, or on alert, and people are being encouraged to comply with the Volcanology and Geological Danger Mitigation Center (PVMBG) suggestions.
At present, activity has actually been reported in 2 volcanoes in Indonesia– Mount Semeru in East Java and Mount Merapi, which lies in between Central Java and Yogyakarta.
Mount Merapi is the most active amongst the around 130 active volcanoes in the country. (INE)
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