President Visit Victim eruption of Kelud
Jia Xiang-Jakarta, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Sunday (16/2/14), towards the District of Kediri and Blitar, East Java in order to review the victims of the eruption of Mount Kelud.
As reported by Between on Sunday morning, the President headed to Kediri by train with his mother Ani Yudhoyono and a number of Ministers from Gambir train Station,
Jakarta. Groups of the plan arrived at the Madison train station at 19: 00 and continue the journey by car to Kediri on Monday (5/2/14).
in the District of Kediri, the President will visit implementing disaster mitigation unit command post located in the area of Simpang Lima Gumul and posko Pamitran, Village Hall refugee Segaran, district. It also will visit the refugees in the area of posko Nglegok, Blitar Regency. After that throng will spend the night at the base of TNI AL Malang.
other officials who were alongside the President, among others, Djoko Suyanto Polhukam Coordinating Mensesneg Silalahi, Nafsiah Mboi Menkes, Mohammad Nuh, Minister and Environment Minister Balthazar Kambuaya.
The first eruption of Mount Kelud which spread to the border District of Kediri, Blitar Regency, and Regency Unfortunate happening on Thursday (13/2/14) at around 7 pm.
Number of volcanic materials spewed out reach 120 to 200 million cubic meters.
While the bursts in on Friday (14/2/14) reached the area of East Java, Yogyakarta, Central Java, West Java, to West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). This occurs because the eruptions were as high as 5 kilometers with ash material volume reached 200 million cubic meters.
Agency for meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) mention that at an altitude of 1,500 feet to the eruption of 3,000 meters, wind direction towards the North and Northeast. While the altitude of 5,000 feet, the wind toward the Northwest.
The eruption of between 10,000 to 15,000 meters altitude wind direction towards the West and Southwest, and up to an altitude of 17,000 metres the wind direction towards East.
Saturday (15/2/14) night, Coordinating Minister of people's welfare Agung Laksono said that the number of refugees because of the eruption of Mount Kelud began to wane from around 210 thousand people on the first day, to around 75 thousand people.[W1]