Saturday, November 27, 2010

The status of Mount Merapi in 2010 - After a series of warnings issued from the government relating to the Mount Merapi, as reported by detik.com that afternoon Mount Merapi spewed hot clouds twice or often we know called wedhus trash. The forest area around the slopes of Mount Merapi appears white due to the Merapi volcanic earthquake has penetrated the forests and villages. Merapi pyroclastic vomit or wedhus beggars are still visible today. Usually umpalan hot clouds are able to reach 6 kilometers from the source of the eruption. The effect of Wedhus trash is disturbing vision and sharp smell of sulfur that causes shortness of breath becomes suddenly. Because too panicked by the eruption of Mount Merapi are some residents reportedly had an accident when displaced, while the victims are trapped in areas affected by pyroclastic some victims have been referred to the Hospital Panti Nugroho and Sardjito Hospital. The number of victims each maze, if the officer Panti Nugroho states, it is currently treating 13 victims. They all suffered burns.

While news of breaking news Metro TV said there were victims of a two-month-old baby died, possibly due to hit the hot cloud. While the news mbah Marijan as caretaker of Mount Merapi is still unknown whether the join reportedly fled when Merapi out hot clouds, the last news neighbor Mbah Marijan, who is also the caretaker of Mount Merapi affected by the hot clouds and suffered serious burns to 75% as which reportedly by Metro TV.

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