Evacuation of Residents Prepared

The local government has prepared evacuation sites after the danger level at the volatile Mount Merapi was raised. A total of 30 hamlets are in the danger zone.

Kompas/Ferganata Indra Riatmoko

Mount Merapi seen from Glagaharjo Village, Cangkringan, Sleman, Yogyakarta Special Region, Thursday (5/11/2020) morning. The Geological Disaster Technology Research and Development Center (BPPTKG) raised the status of the mountain from Waspada ((the third-highest level) to Alert ( second-highest level) on that day starting at 12.00.

YOGYAKARTA, KOMPAS — After Mount Merapi\'s alert level was raised from Waspada (the third-highest level) to Siaga or the second-highest level on Thursday (5/11/2020) starting at noon, as many as 30 hamlets in Yogyakarta and Central Java were now in the danger zone. The hamlets that could be affected by the eruption are located within a 5 kilometer radius of the peak of Merapi.

Of the 30 hamlets, 3 hamlets are in the Cangkringan district, Sleman, Yogyakarta. The three hamlets are Kalitengah Lor hamlet, Kaliadem hamlet, and Pelemsari hamlet.