Staying Alert, Maluku Style
Dwelling on the main track of Gamalama volcanos lava, the residents of Loto village in North Maluku have never suffered fatalities in any of its eruptions. Owing to their ability to read the signs of nature, Loto has become a model village of disaster management.
November 16, 2011
THE morning mist was fading away when Muhammad H. Yamin, 43, ascended to his farm on the slope of Mount Gamalama. He did not look worried although the mountain in front of him kept belching out white smoke. "If we dont see hogs running downhill, we wont leave," said Yamin to Tempo.
Mount Gamalama in Ternate is one of the four active volcanoes in North Maluku Province. There are around 300,000 people living on the slope of the mountain. Loto village
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