{"id":83276,"date":"2026-09-08T20:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T12:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=83276"},"modified":"2026-09-08T20:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T12:03:56","slug":"indonesia-knew-a-volcano-was-erupting-could-it-have-prepared-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=83276","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia knew a volcano was erupting. Could it have prepared better?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/08\/8e5ac0d6-96f7-42dc-b613-74169411cf76_4414961e.jpg?itok=MCWBNCrc&amp;v=1788865399\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The eruption of Anak Krakatoa in <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Indonesia<\/span> has tested the country\u2019s disaster preparedness, disrupting nearly 3,000 flights carrying more than 340,000 passengers as volcanic ash spread across the region.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Authorities say they are monitoring the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">volcano<\/span>, which remains under the country\u2019s second-highest alert status. According to scientists, the event\u2019s exceptional scale makes its impact hard to anticipate.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The eruption has renewed debate on whether Indonesia\u2019s monitoring and disaster planning can be strengthened.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">On Friday, the volcano, situated on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra, started its 25-hour \u201ccontinuous\u201d eruption, according to the Geological Agency.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The agency this week said the probability of further eruptions from Anak Krakatoa in the near future \u201cremains high\u201d, as the volcano could eject \u201cincandescent rocks accompanied by heavy ashfall\u201d as well as \u201clava flows\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Volcanic ash reached as high as 50,000 feet (15,240 metres) on Monday, meteorological agency BMKG said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/health-environment\/article\/3366801\/indonesia-knew-volcano-was-erupting-could-it-have-prepared-it?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eruption of Anak Krakatoa in Indonesia has tested the country\u2019s disaster preparedness, disrupting nearly 3,000 flights carrying more than 340,000 passengers as volcanic ash&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4840],"tags":[29689,5080,3160,15193,22743],"class_list":["post-83276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-globetrotting","tag-erupting","tag-indonesia","tag-knew","tag-prepared","tag-volcano","wpcat-4840-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}