Alert raised for Semeru, Indonesia 22 May 2008
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The alert level for Mount Semeru, the tallest volcano on Java and one of the most active, has been raised to level three after it spewed ‘heat clouds’ down its slopes, media reports say. Do they mean pyroclastic flows? The Indonesian authorities have said that the activity poses no danger, and urged local residents to remain calm and stay put.
Semeru has effectively been in a continuous state of eruption since 1967.
Information
Global Volcanism Program: Semeru – summary information for Semeru (0603-30=)
Direktorat Vulkanologi Indonesia – Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, Indonesia
Pusat Vulkanologi & Mitigasi Bencana Geologi – News and information portal for the Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, Indonesia
News
Heat clouds raise Indonesian volcano alert – AFP, 22 May 2008
Indonesia raises alert level for Java volcano – Radio Australia, 22 May 2008
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Those Indonesian links are down as I write. I will try to get into them later and do some translations. The Indonesians often refer to pyroclastic clouds as ” fluffy goats” or some other lateral descriptives.
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