The Merapi Drama

Merapi is one of an active volcano located in Indonesia or in the world. Peak height 2968 m. Located right on the border of Yogyakarta and Central Java.

The name Mount Merapi has been quite popular in the ears of the people of Indonesia. Something related to the existence of Mount Merapi is often associated with things smelling mystery, including the existence of supernatural beings rulers and inhabitants of Mount Merapi. It is no exaggeration, because the investigation results prove that the local residents and authorities believe that Mount Merapi is there.

In 2010 Merapi experienced a very large eruption of the last 100 years. The first eruption occurred at around 17:02 pm on 26 October. At least going up to three times the eruption. Material spewing volcanic eruptions as high as approximately 1.5 km and is accompanied by the release of heat clouds which swept Kaliadem, Kepuharjo Village, District Cangkringan. In the first eruption was at least taken the lives of as many as 44 people.

Explosive eruptions preceded a major eruption on the morning of Thursday, November 4, 2010, resulting in column 4 km-high clouds and bursts of hot clouds in different directions at the foot of Merapi. Furthermore, since about three o'clock noon eruption that never stopped until the evening and reached its peak in the early hours Friday, November 5, 2010. Towards midnight, a radius danger to all the places enlarged to 20 km from the summit. Cloud wedhus trash leads to the Cangkringan with a distance 17 km. This eruption sequence and a roar audible to the city of Yogyakarta and surrounding areas. As a result 131 people died and a result of gravel and ash rain blanketed the city yogja and Central Java. Not only that volcanic ash is also up to the west of Java.

As a result of pyroclastic eruption of Mount Merapi on October 26, 2010 and November 5 of 2010 reached 168 people. And injured victims mencapi approximately 181 people.