The Impact of Kelud Mountain Eruption

Eruption is process of magma go out of mountain until subsurface. Kelud Mountain in Kediri, east Java was erupted on Thursday at 22.50, February 13 on 2014. Previously, Kelud Mountain was occurred eruption in 1965, 1990 and 2007. The eruption let fly volcanic cinder and sand as high as 17 km. It was caused fear and panic for several people over there. However, this incident gave some advantages and disadvantages for people living in Kediri, east Java.

The eruption of Kelud Mountain brought some advantages. First, eruption was increase fertility of mountain area and it expanded to agriculture area. Second, output of eruption could become livelihood like sand miner and the others. Third, residue of mountain activities could produce mine materials that beneficial and great value like sulphur, marble saw, and others. Fourth, spraying out of stones that result by eruption used as building stuff, and then many graving materials that great value was produced eruption.

Besides that, the eruption brought many disadvantages too. First, the eruption damaged the dwelling places around disaster and it caused a forest fire. Second, it disturbed the connection of communication and electric net was snapped off and people’s activities were stopped including economic activities. Third, all of transportation was not working, such as plane and train from impact of eruption. There were many diseases that caused of eruption, such as respiration disturbance and others. Fourth, eruption caused of contamination of atmosphere that potential to poison creatures over surrounding. Nowadays, people fall victims to the incident already, by virtue of new news had found 10 victims in the incident.

In summary, Kelud eruption was impact to many people living over around mountain. There were many advantages and disadvantages influencing from the eruption of the Kelud Mountain, but there were more disadvantages than advantages from the eruption.