TEMPO.CO, Probolinggo - Head of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, Ayu Dewi Utari, said Friday November 27, tourist access to the crater of Mount Bromo is reopened tomorrow, Saturday, November 28.
Based on the latest obervation, Ayu said Mount Bromo is recently more stable after shaken by several instability. "You won’t smell the sulphur again and thin white clouds is heading to the west," she said.
It was reported that volcanic activity of the 2,329 meters above sea level mount rose on Thursday night, November 12, shown with the increasing of earth tremor and the spraying of thick white smoke with weak to medium pressure. Resulted in the closing of Bromo crater access for two weeks.
Until today, the status of Mount Bromo stands in Level II (waspada).
Bromo latest eruption was in the end of 2010 and status has been rose to Level III (siaga). According to its eruption history, Bromo will be erupted in every five years and based on the five years cycle, it will be erupted this year.
Head of Regional Board for Disaster Management in Probolinggo, Dwijoko, hopes that the five years cycle is only a myth. "Hope it won’t happened," he said.
DAVID PRIYASIDHARTA