Mt Anak Krakatau erupts in Indonesia
Serang (ANTARA News) – Mt Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait which erupted on Wednesday night at 9 p.m West Indonesia Time started to hurl red-hot rocks from its southern crater.
Head of the monitoring post in Pasauran village, Cinangka sub-district, Serang regency, Anton Tripambudi, said the red-hot rocks hurled by the volcano could be observed very clearly from the Anyer coast, which is an indication that the volcanic tremors would increase.
And its activity has even become uncontrollable as the fire balls from its crater had reached an altitude of up to 600 meters.
Thundering sounds are also heard if one approached the volcano within a radius of three kilometers from its crater.
He said the volcanic tremors have increased in frequency after the Volcanology, Mitigation, and Geological Disaster Center in Bandung has raised the volcano`s alert status to level III.
He said that the fireballs going up from the crater could be easily seen especially during the night from the monitoring post in Pasauran village, and became a beautiful view, especially for tourists. (*)
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Filed under: Flood
7 killed in flash flood in Indonesia
Indonesian rescuers on Monday recovered seven bodies from a river in West Java province after the Sunday’s flash flood that slammed into a boat carrying 13 people.
Five other passengers managed to escaped the accident at the Cipelang River in Sukabumi, about 100 km south of Jakarta, while one person remains missing, reported leading news website Detikcom.
The bodies were found at separate places up to 10 km from the scene.
Filed under: Volcano
A volcano in North Maluku was put on Alert III status on Thursday following an increase in activity over the past few days.Volcanic activity at
