Cold Lava Flood Gendol One House Destroyed

Sleman (Reuters) - Heavy rains that fell on the slopes of Mount Merapi on Saturday afternoon resulted in cold lava flood flow Gendol River and River Opak in Cangkringan Subdistrict, Sleman to cause a collapsed house and several houses conceded volcanic material.
 

"Heavy rains that fell on the slopes of Merapi since the afternoon resulted in cold lava flood and the flood of volcanic material in the River Gendol and Opak, besides a number of dykes in the two rivers flow into the broken-down, the floods also resulted in one house and several houses collapsed volcanic material concede," said Cangkringan Subdistrict Head, Samsul Bakri, Saturday night.

According to him, a house that collapsed are the property of residents in Guling Hamlet, Village Argomulyo, Cangkringan who drifts through the floods of cold lava flow Opak River.

"Meanwhile, the house is possessed by volcanic material were also in the village of Argomulyo, including the Hamlet Banaran four houses, three houses jaranan Hamlet," he said.

He said the flow of cold lava flood on the River Gendol also resulted in Hamlet Besalen breached levees.

"While the flow of cold lava flood on the River Opak besides resulting in a breakdown along the river levee, also resulted in an emergency bridge in the hamlet was duibangun Kliwang floods washed away," he said.

Samsul said the cold lava flood through Opak River is also home conceding a result of volcanic material.

"In fact, homeowners suffered injuries as a result of volcanic material that hit his house was still hot, but was taken to hospital after his condition began to improve," he said.

He said, due to the cold lava flood in two streams disgorge hundreds of Merapi is located near the river were evacuated to a safer place.

"Like the previous cold lava flood events, hundreds of residents also had to be evacuated to a safer place. They fled at his brother and after a safe place they will return again to his house," he added