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Event:
VO Volcano
Number:
2005-000085
Country:
PNG Papua New Guinea
Location:
Date (YMD):
2005-6-11
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Information Source:
IFRC: PNG-Langila volcano (info bulletin no.1)
Comments:
Langila volcano, located in Papua New Guinea?s West New Britain province, 200km west of the provincial capital, Kimbe, has been erupting continuously since Thursday, 2 June 2005 and discharging heavier than normal loads of ash into the sky. Although the prevailing wind conditions pushed most of the initial ash fall out to sea, lower -level winds are now redirecting the ash back onto the island. This has led to reports of increasing cases of respiratory and eye irritation complaints and a growing concern that it will become necessary to evacuate the local population. Approximately 10,000 people are reported to live in the vicinity of the volcano.
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