Dear fay_hye and all our Indonesian friends ,
I came here to wish you all a very safe period from this disaster. May God keep you all and other citizens safe from this disaster. Amen. My thoughts and prayers remain with you all.
Please take care and stay safe.
Mt Kelud eruption sparks evacuations and airport closures in Indonesia
Mt Kelud spews ash and sand over six-mile radius, grounding flights and affecting 200,000 people
A volcano erupted late on Thursday night on the heavily populated Indonesian island of Java, sending a huge plume of ash and sand 10 miles into the air and forcing the closure of three airports.
Mt Kelud is 85 miles (140km) south of Indonesia’s second biggest city, Surabaya, a major industrial centre. The cloud from the eruption was seen far to the west and forced the shutdown of airports at Surabaya and the cities of Yogyakarta and Solo. Airlines in neighbouring countries including Australia said they were cancelling flights to the affected areas and destinations further afield such as Bali, Christmas Island and the Cocos due to the dangers to aviation from the volcanic ash cloud.
“Areas to the west of Mt Kelud, including central Java, Yogyakarta, Cilacap, Magelang, Temanggung and Boyolali are still experiencing showers of ash because last night the biggest eruption ... threw sand and ash 17km into the air to the west,” National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Nugroho said by telephone.
The agency later said the cloud was dissipating and the volcano was no longer erupting.
Credit: guardian