MOUNT BROMO ERUPTION

MOUNT BROMO ERUPTION – Mount Bromo is one of the most places which is visited by tourists. According to the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park (TNBTS), Visitor who comes to the mount Bromo is almost 853.016 since December 2018. And this year, the number of visitors increase even the mount Bromo has erupted.

Mount Bromo is located beyond Pasuruan Regency, Probolinggo Regency, Malang Regency, and Lumajang Regency. The Mount Bromo can be reached by Train from Surabaya to the Probolinggo City, then continue by Bus to the Cemoro Lawang: The last village around Mount Bromo, or by the flight which landing on Juanda International in Surabaya city or Abdul Rahman Saleh Airport in Malang city, then visitors continue by using private rent car which stand by around the airport to the mount Bromo.

Mount Bromo is one of the most active volcanoes in East Java. The first eruption had happened in 1775, and it frequently erupts until today. This year, the Mount Bromo erupted in February. Mount Bromo blow around 600-meter high ash column up to the air, the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) reported.  The PVMBG reported the eruption occurred in the morning, causing with an amplitude of 0.5 to 1 millimeters. Most often eruption happened in March, The Eruptions up to 28 times a day. Volcanic ash and incandescent material had been thrown up by eruptive activity resulting in a heavy rain of material that fell around the crater

Even, Mount Bromo has still deemed safe for travelers the following eruption, though tourists are prohibited from entering a 1-kilometer radius from the crater. The ash moved in a northwesterly direction from the 2,929-kilometer-high mountain

According to the Bromo PVMBG, the mountain had been on 2 level alerts. National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho announced on his social media accounts that the volcano’s activity had not yet harmed visitors, as the eruption spews volcanic ash and sand rather than rocks and hot lava. It is still considered safe, despite the irregular eruptions occurring on a daily basis.

Furthermore, Abdul Rahman Saleh Airport in the Malang City and Juanda International Airport in the Surabaya City, East Java, are still open. The visitors are needless to fear to visit Mount Bromo. Visitors need to use mask, cap, and glasses to save their eyes and respiratory organs from ashes.

Every day, there are still many people visiting Mount Bromo, the advantages of visit Bromo when its happened Eruption is they can see all of the places around Tengger Area cover-up by white ashes were like snows and they can capture the moment of ashes blown up from the crater.  It’s not happened every year, so it’s a good time to have an unforgettable moment in Mount Bromo.

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