Eruption of Mt. Merapi
Humans often settle on the slopes of volcanoes due to their fertile soils. Thousands of people live on the slopes of Mount Merapi. Given the high population density on Indonesia's island of Java, the impact on humans is particularly acute. Nearly 70,000 people live in the immediate vicinity of the ancient royal city of Yogyakarta, with a population of about 375,000, which is only 25 km to the south.
Watch this video of the eruption of Mount Merapi on March 3, 2020. Here is a translation of the text posted with the video.
Watch this video of the eruption of Mount Merapi on March 3, 2020. Here is a translation of the text posted with the video.
"Today, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at 05.22 WIB, Mount Merapi in the Special Region of Yogyakarta erupted again. In addition, according to BPPTKG (Balai Penyelidikan dan Pengembangan Teknologi Kebencanaan Geologi), the eruption of Mount Merapi also triggered [pyroclastic flows that moved downslope along the] Gendol River [for] 2 kilometers.
'The direction of the wind during the eruption was from the north', said the statement on the official BPPTKG Twitter account. This time, the Merapi eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 75 mm and a duration of 450 seconds. This eruption of Mount Merapi is the second time that it occurred in 2020; the first eruption occurred on February 13, 2020. The eruption of Mount Merapi today also affected the closure of Adi Soemarmo Airport in Solo, Central Java, according to a notice to airmen (NOTAM) numbered B0614/20 NOTAMN issued by AirNav Indonesia."
Source: hodgepodge, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_k_korB3qg
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