(Often incorrectly written into Kelut which means "broom" in the Java language; in Dutch called Klut, Cloot, Kloet, or Kloete) is a volcano in East Java province, Indonesia, which is still active. The mountain is located on the border between Kediri and Blitar, about 27 km east of Karachi city center.Since the 15th century, Mount Kelud has claimed over 15,000 lives. This volcanic eruption in 1586 claimed the lives of more than 10,000 inhabitants. A system to divert the lava flow has been made extensively in 1926 and still serves to this day after the eruption in 1919 claimed the lives of thousands of cold lava floods swept settlements.
Kelud
In the 20th century, recorded Kelud erupted in 1901, 1919 (May 1, 1951, 1966, and 1990. In 2007 the mountain was again increased its activity. This pattern brings the vulcanologist 15 on an annual cycle for this eruption.
This volcanic activity increased in late September 2007 and has been continued until November of that year, marked by increasing the temperature of the crater lake water, the increase in seismic tremor, and changes in the crater lake of a greenish color to white turbid. Status "alert" (highest) issued by the Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation since October 16, 2007 which implies the population within a radius of 10 km from the mountain (approximately 135,000 people) living on the slopes of the volcano to evacuate. However, the eruption did not occur.
Kelud
Having had somewhat subsided, Kelud activity increased again since October 30, 2007 with the rapid rise in water temperature volcanic crater lake and shallow seismicity. On 3 November 2007 at around 16:00 of the lake water temperature exceeds 74 degrees Celsius, well above the normal symptoms of the eruption of 40 degrees Celsius, causing the temperature gauge is broken. Vibration amplitude seismic tremor with large (over 35mm) lead supervisory personnel must evacuate, but again no eruption occurred.
Due to the high activity of the new terjdi unique phenomenon in the history of Kelud with the advent of white smoke from the middle of the lake followed by lava dome from the middle of the crater lake since 5 November 2007 and continues to "grow" up to 100m wide size. Experts consider this lava dome that obstruct the channel so that the magma eruption is not imminent. Energy for the eruption of the lava dome is used to drive the rest of the 1990 eruption.
Since the event is diminishing the activity of energy release and on November 8, 2007 Kelud status downgraded to "standby" (level 3).
On the slopes of Mount Kelud since 2004 has been opened to facilitate the road means the tourists and locals to pucak Kelud. Kelud has also become a tourist attraction Kediri.
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