MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

“Eighteen Indonesian volcanoes are on ‘alert’ status, two of which are at Alert Level 3, which is called ‘Siaga’, the Volcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation Center says.

Center head Surono said Sunday in Jakarta the erupting Mount Lokon in North Sulawesi and Mount Ibu in North Maluku were the two volcanoes at Siaga status.

The center has adopted four levels of alert status: ‘Normal’ (Level 1), ‘Waspada’ (Level 2), ‘Siaga’ (Level 3) and ‘Awas’ (Level 4).

Surono said the conditions at Mt Lokon and Mt Ibu were currently considered most worrisome because they had been consistently erupting searing clouds affecting a radius of 2.5 kilometers.

He added, however, that the eruptions had not yet endangered people living around the volcanoes.

‘The eruptions are heading west, while people are concentrated in east,’ he said as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

Surono added that 16 other volcanoes were at Level 2 alert status, ‘Waspada’, including Mt. Papandayan and Mt. Guntur in West Java.

‘Locals have reported several quakes,’ he said.” Read more.

Indonesian volcano unleashes fresh burst – “A volcano that has been spewing lava and clouds of searing gas high into the air let out a new, powerful burst Monday, sending panicked villagers streaming down the sides of the mountain. One person was injured, said Ludianto, head of the search and rescue team, a man who fell as he was fleeing. The victim suffered only cuts and bruises, however, and no burns as earlier reported. Mount Karangetang on Siau — part of the Sulawesi island chain — started spitting clouds of gas and lava up to 600 meters on Friday, said volcanologist Surono.” Read more.