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Mt Bromo on alert, tourist sites closed
A visitor documents volcanic ash spewing from Mount Bromo in East Java on Dec
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A visitor documents volcanic ash spewing from Mount Bromo in East Java on Dec. 6. (Antara/M. Risyal Hidayat) (Antara/M. Risyal Hidayat)
A visitor documents volcanic ash spewing from Mount Bromo in East Java on Dec. 6. (Antara/M. Risyal Hidayat)
Grey smoke along with volcanic ash spewed from Mount Bromo in East Java on Wednesday, thinly blanketing several areas.
Despite the thin blanket of volcanic ash, people conducted their daily activities as usual. Farming activities continued while food stalls in Ngadisari village remained open for business.
The Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center (PVMBG) raised the mountain's status to alert, its second-highest level, on Dec. 4, with a stipulated secure radius of around 2.5 kilometers from the center of the mountain's crater.
Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park (TNBTS) has banned activity around Mt. Bromo's caldera. People are only allowed to visit Mt. Pananjakan, Bukit Cinta (Love Hill), Bukit Setya and Coban Trisula.
According to Probolinggo Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) head Dwijoko, at least three villages in Sukapura district are located in disaster-prone areas, namely Ngadirejo, Ngadas and Ngadisari villages, which comprise 3,705 people and 1,276 houses.
The agency had anticipated the potential of volcanic ash in the regency, Lumajang BPBD secretary Purwanto told tempo.co.
Argosari and Ranupani villages are part of Lumajang regency, which is situated on the caldera's outskirts.
"On Wednesday morning, BPBD Lumajang distributed 1,000 face masks to Argosari [residents]," said Purwanto. (kes)(+)
