Mount Guntur's alert status lowered

Mount Guntur's alert status lowered

GARUT, West Java: Director of volcanology and geology disaster
mitigation Djumarma Wirakusumah announced on Friday that the
status of Mount Guntur in Garut had been lowered from level two
(alert) to level one (active/normal) based on observation last
month.

Observation revealed that although Mount Guntur was
continually blanketed in smoke, there was no sign of anomalies.
The temperature at a hot water creek in Cipanas was 47 Celsius
degrees, which is similar to active/normal status.

Garut administration spokesman Satriabudi called on the public
not to overreact to information from unknown sources since the
directorate had lowered the volcano's status on May 20. -- Antara