Mt. Merapi activity intensifies: Rizal<\/p>\n
YOGYAKARTA (JP): Monday's activity of the 2,968-meter-high
\nMerapi volcano increased nearly threefold compared to the day
\nbefore with the emission of increasing amounts of lava and gas
\nclouds, and dust seen blanketing its slopes, except for the
\neastern side.<\/p>\n
Head of the Yogyakarta Volcanology Development and Research
\nStation (BPPTK) Syamsul Rizal said that between midnight and 6
\na.m. local time on Monday, lava was being spurted out once every
\nfive to ten minutes.<\/p>\n
\"We recorded 55 emissions in the Kali Sat flow, 59 in the Kali
\nSenowo flow, and six in the Kali Bebeng flow within six hours,\"
\nRizal said. \"The lava reached as far as 4.5 kilometers in the
\nKali Sat flow.\"<\/p>\n
The hot clouds extended between two and 2.5 kilometers along
\nthe Kali Senowo and Kali Bebeng.<\/p>\n
\"We have concluded that the Kali Sat and Kali Senowo are the
\nmain channels for the lava,\" said Rizal.<\/p>\n
The BPPTK also found on Monday that dust was been spewed out
\nfrom all of the volcano's slopes, whereas previously the dust had
\nonly been spewed out from the northwestern slope.<\/p>\n
The station also reported that the newly formed lava dome,
\nwhich has been named Kubah 2001, grew very rapidly yesterday.<\/p>\n
\"If the dome becomes wider gradually, an eruption will be less
\nlikely,\" Rizal said.<\/p>\n
Rizal explained that the formation of the new dome could lead
\nto two possibilities. Firstly, it could cause a continuous
\ndischarge of hot gas clouds and lava for several weeks.
\nAlternatively, it could cause an eruption. If the new dome tended
\nto grow very rapidly, eruption would be more likely, he
\nexplained.<\/p>\n
Due to its intensifying activity, Merapi has been declared as
\nan alert-status area, meaning that residents living in areas less
\nthan seven kilometers from the mountain must leave their homes.
\nAll activities on the mountain's slopes, including sand
\nquarrying, have been totally halted. (swa)<\/p>",
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