Mount Merapi status raised to alert

Merapi alert status: (Antara//Wahyu Putro )The status of Mount Merapi was raised to alert on Monday following increasing volcanic earthquake activities from the volcano.

The Sleman administration announced the new status at 6 a.m. on Monday.

“Like it or not, Mount Merapi is now on alert status,” Volcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation Center head Surono said as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

He said the new status could help a better evacuation process.