Residents in the slopes of Mount Egon Requested Alert

Kupang (ANTARA) - Head Volcano Observation Post Yoseph Suryanto asking citizens around the slopes of Mount Egon in Sikka District, Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara is always vigilant.
"This type of an active volcano with a height of 1703 above sea level had already started to show activity, so the need to watch it early," said Suryanto when contacted from Kupang, on Wednesday, associated with the activity of Merapi volcano that.
He added it has also been reported to the local government to do the preparation and anticipation of others based on the stages of disaster management.
"On Wednesday (27/10) and Egon volcano crater covered with fog and smoke, so it is quite alarming residents in surrounding areas," said Suryanto.
He added that the community living on the slopes of the west and southwest of the radius of one kilometer from Mount Egon has been asked to be alert.
Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation and Volcanology Agency requested Bandung volcano observation post in Flores to continue to monitor the activity of Mount Egon and Mount Rokatenda Palue Island, about 45 miles from Maumere, Sikka regency capital.
Volcano Observation Post Officer Rokatenda Dionysius Masan Duran who contacted separately told visually, there have been gusts of thin white smoke emerging from the crater Rokatenda.
Blowing the thin cloud reached an altitude of between 15-25 meters along the gas pressure is weak. The same condition also occurs at Egon volcano, said Duran.
"With the eruption of Mount Merapi in Central Java and Yogyakarta, we continue to monitor volcanic activity Rokatenda, but there are no harmful activity," he said.
Rokatenda Mountain is located on the island of Flores in northern Palue, about 45 miles from Maumere, Sikka regency capital. Residents on the island is carrying about 30,000 inhabitants.
Mount Egon erupted last in 2004 which resulted in tens of thousands of residents who live on the slopes of the mountain were evacuated everything to Maumere, the capital of Sikka regency.
While Mount Rokatenda last erupted in 1973 causing ash rain spread across the island. Volcanic activity began to increase again in 1981 and 1984 serta2010.

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