Friday, November 5, 2010

Adisutjipto-Yogyakarta Airport was Closed

Residents who fled look past the intersection Kaliurang, Kentungan, Yogyakarta, Friday, November 5, 2010. Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Disaster expand safe distance to 20 kilometers from the summit of Mount Merapi after the volcano erupted again early in the morning. Displacement was transferred to a number of places, such as Maguwoharjo Stadium.


 Due to the rain of volcanic ash eruption of Mount Merapi, which occurred flights to and from Adisutjipto Airport, Yogyakarta, was closed for a while. A number of flights to Jakarta, Surabaya, Makassar, Balikpapan, Batam, Denpasar and postponed to an undetermined time. As a result of this temporary closure occurs accumulation of passengers, well ahead of the departure gate and inside the passenger waiting room.

As reported, early this morning, Mount Merapi erupted again. This time the eruption of Merapi is more powerful than previous days. Even with a frightening roar. 73 stroke victim's body arrived at Merapi pyroclastic Installation of Forensic Medicine Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta. The death toll was expected to rise a lot because there are dozens of victims who have not evacuated.

While the burn victims are now being handled in the Custom Installation Burns and Emergency Unit. In Klaten, Central Java, there are also many burn victims are treated. They were mostly from areas Manisrenggo, Gendol river.

President SBY is Based in the City of Yogyakarta

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) to ensure he will soon fly to Yogyakarta to ensure the condition of victims of the eruption of Mount Merapi. Not only that, SBY was intended to offices in the city of Yogyakarta. "I will stay at the State House to ensure that all decision-making. Do not let the decision was taken a long time," Yudhoyono said at a news conference at the Presidential Palace today.

Step State House presidential office in Yogyakarta is a second time. Because when a great earthquake pounded the province, the President also has offices in the building to control and supervise the evacuation, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of earthquake victims.

Merapai horrifying eruption occurred early Friday morning. Current information not less than 89 people listed as dead and hundreds injured. The number of refugees had reached hundreds of thousands that included local citizens district of Sleman, Magelang, Klaten, and Boyolali.

Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) provides instruction for people away from Merapi, with a radius of 20 Km safe. Residents are also reminded to stay away from the river flows are tipped at Mount Merapi.

Catastrophic Eruption of Mount Merapi

The eruption of Mount Merapi 5 Novemver 2010 is quite terrible and almost the same eruption that occurred in 1872. "The eruption that occurred about the same as in 1872," said Kurniadi, the office of Investigation and Development Technology Center Volcano (BPPTK).

But he did not explain in detail due to the explosion that happened last night. "If the explosion that destroyed a peak in 1872. And last night has not been seen since the eruption of Mount Merapi conditions are still covered by cloud," he said.

Meanwhile, the volcanic activity was still visible until this afternoon following a hot clouds and earthquakes. "Its activities are still visible in the form of ramps hot clouds and earthquakes 20 times and avalanches. But not high," he said. And to pyroclastic this far south in the direction he leads precisely to the direction of Kali Gendol, Argomulyo Village, District Cangkringan.

Your Donation is Very Meaningful for Victims of Mount Merapi

The eruption of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta, has not been stopped, and the eruption of Mount Merapi has been very worrying. Blast of hot clouds increasingly widespread and can reach 20 km, and wind-borne volcanic ash had reached 250 km. This is proven by the thick dust that stuck to roof houses, swimming pools, cars in several other cities far from the location of Mount Merapi.

Hot clouds of Mount Merapi has killed many people, I see many victims whose bodies turned black, scorched by the hot clouds that have temperatures reaching 500 degrees Celsius.


I am very saddened and deeply moved to see the victims who survived with some parts of the body on fire like the head, hands and feet, they groaned in pain from burns on their bodies because of a hot cloud.

Events Merapi volcano erupts in the early morning to make people around the slopes of Mount Merapi are unable to save themselves. To relieve the burden on the victims of the eruption of Mount Merapi, Yogyakarta, we invite you to donate a little of your treasure and pray to Indonesia for the eruption of Mount Merapi disaster is coming to an end, and any donation you give is very meaningful for victims of the eruption of Mount Merapi.