No ash from the Mount Sinabung eruption in Sumatra, Indonesia has reached the country.
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau said, however, that the Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) would continue watching the situation.
“No dust from Sinabung reached the country as the wind speed on the surface to an altitude of 5,000 feet was weak,” he said in a statement as reported by Bernama.
“Should further eruption affect flights in the FIR (Flight Information Region in Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu), advisory on ash and dust for flights would be issued,” he was quoted further.
CNN reports that at least seven people have died and two more are critically injured after Saturday’s eruption in the Karo district of North Sumatra.
Mount Sinabung is still on the highest alert.
