INDONESIA: EAST JAVA'S MOUNT BROMO VOLCANO CONTINUES TO SPEW SMOKE THOUSANDS OF METRES INTO THE AIR

Record ID: 647565

  • Title: INDONESIA: EAST JAVA'S MOUNT BROMO VOLCANO CONTINUES TO SPEW SMOKE THOUSANDS OF METRES INTO THE AIR
  • Date: 10th June 2004
  • Summary: (W3) PROBOLINGGO, INDONESIA (JUNE 10,2004) (REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS OF MOUNT BROMO SPEWING SMOKE (6 SHOTS) 0.46 2. VARIOUS: RESCUE TEAM BRIEFING AT OBSERVATION POST (4 SHOTS) 1.08 3. MORE OF MOUNT BROMO SPEWING SMOKE (3 SHOTS) 1.27 (W3) PROBOLINGGO, EAST JAVA, INDONESIA (JUNE 11,2004) (REUTERS) 4. GROUP OF TOURIST TAKING A WALK NEAR MOUNT BROMO (2 SHOTS) 1.39 5. GV: MOUNT BROMO SPEWING SMOKE WITH MOUNT SEMERU IN THE BACKGROUND (5 SHOTS) 2.13 6. (SOUNDBITE)(English) FRENCH TOURIST SAMIR GHANIN SAYING: "Are you afraid? No I feel I wanted to go to see it, so I came the next day after the eruption near to Bromo to see sun, the smoke and the place. And also Mt. Semeru, the view, it is very very impressive." 2.29 7. VARIOUS: VOLCANOES SPEWING SMOKE INTO THE AIR 3.02 8. GV: VOLCANO ACTIVITY SEEN FROM MONITORING POST 3.07 9. VARIOUS: MONITORING POST; STAFF MONITORING THE VOLCANO; CU SMOKE FROM VOLCANO (9 SHOTS) 4.00 10. (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) VOLCANOLOGIST ATJE PURBAWINATA SAYING: "It was actually the intensifying tremors. So that the ash went out more than the day before. It was not an eruption." 4.29 11. MORE OF BROMO SPEWING SMOKE 4.35 12. (SOUNDBITE)(Bahasa Indonesia) VOLCANOLOGIST ATJE PURBAWINATA SAYING: "I think it is better (tourists or people) not to climb the mountain for a while, at least for these days. I hope it will be normal in the next days." 4.50 13. VARIOUS OF MOUNT BROMO 4.57 Initials SEQ. 5 AND 7 VERY GOOD PICS OF TWO VOLCANOES SPEWING SMOKE Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: PROBOLINGGO, EAST JAVA, INDONESIA
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Reuters ID: LVA9NUDKML2CJ0ZU2HL11864AD6A
  • Story Text: Mount Bromo continues to put on a spectacular show -
    spewing smoke thousands of metres in to the air.


    The latest eruption comes just two days after a
    Singaporean and an Indonesian tourist were killed on the
    slopes of Mt. Bromo. Thick brown smoke and steam towered
    hundreds of meters into the air and officials have closed
    some hiking routes near the crater in case of further eruptions.

    By Friday (June 11) morning however the stremors and
    rumblings had subsided but the status remained one level
    below the highest alert status.

    Mount Bromo is a popular tourist destination and
    visitors climb its slope to watch the sunrise.

    "No I feel I wanted to go to see it, so I came the next
    day after the eruption near to Bromo, to see sun, the smoke
    and the
    place. And also Mt. Semeru, the view. It is very very
    impressive." said Samir Ghanin a French tourist.

    Local volcanologists say the situation remains
    unpredictable and teams continue to monitor the volcano
    around the clock.

    "I think it is better (tourists or people) not to climb
    the mountain for a while, at least for these days. I hope
    it will be normal in the next few days" said volcanologist
    Atje Purbawinata.

    Another volcano has been active in recent days, Mount
    Awu on Sangihe island, some 2,250 km (1,400 miles)
    northeast of Jakarta, showed some signs of calming on
    Friday although smoke was still visible above the crater.

    Up to 20 000 villagers have been evacuated from its
    slopes in recent days, most are being housed in schools and
    government facilities until the all clear is given.

    Mount Awu, one of the most active volcanoes in the
    sprawling archipelago, has erupted repeatedly since the 17th century.

    N
    early 3,000 people died when it blew up in 1812.

    The volcano's last fatal eruption was in 1966 when 40
    people were killed. It has erupted on a number of occasions
    since then.

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