Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Merapi : Hot Cloud clean up forest !


Hot Cloud surfed again down the Merapi Volcanic mountain. It swept away the forest under Merapi. The conservation forest was on fire, the pines were burn. The burning forest is about 500 metres from Bebeng Site Camp. " We predicted that hot clouds surfed about 6,5 Km, and forest at the north of Bebeng Site Camp was already burned by it " said Hadi Sunarto ( witness ).

He also said that area around Kepuharjo Village was full of ashes. And Villagers become worried when hot clouds were above their village. At that time, villagers quickly run down their village and went to place where evacuation vehicles were set up.

The situation was very horrible. Merapi's activity cant be predicted, last several days, it has slow down its activity, but now it become very active again.

( Picture : Merapi cant be seen because of the thickness of hot clouds )

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