Date:         Mon, 13 Mar 1995 10:54:13 MST
From: INCIDENT%CMSNAMES.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
Subject:      Vanuatu: Volcano  DHA-Alert

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To: MNHMS017--SIVM
From: Disaster Information Administrator

Date: Fri, 10 Mar 95 09:11:46 EST
From: incident@vita.org (Disaster Information Administrator)
Message-Id: <9503101411.AA02339@lan.vita.org>
To: event@vita.org
Subject: Vanuatu: Volcano  DHA-Alert

                         VANUATU - VOLCANIC ALERT
                    DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
                               10 MARCH 1995

1. THERE ARE SIGNS OF POSSIBLE VOLCANIC ERUPTION ON AMBAE  ISLAND
IN  VANUATU SINCE EARLY MARCH.  LARGE STEAM-BURST FROM CRATER AND
SEISMIC ACTIVITIES ARE OBSERVED, INDICATING POSSIBILITY OF  MAJOR
ERUPTION.  SUCH ERUPTION WOULD AFFECT SOUTHERN PART OF ISLAND.

2.  NATIONAL  DISASTER  OFFICE  DECIDED  ON  8  MARCH  TO   BEGIN
EVACUATION  OF  COMMUNITIES  WITHIN  10  KM FROM CRATER (2,000 TO
3,000 RESIDE NTS) TO WEST AND EAST OF ISLAND.

3. DHA, THROUGH UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE,  IS  MONITORING
DEVELOPMENTS.

             + DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN  AFFAIRS - GENEVA +

TELEPHONE NO: +41-22-917-1234

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ONLY:  TELEPHONE +41-22-917-2010

DESK OFFICER: MS. KAYOKO GOTOH DIRECT TEL: +41-22-2917-71258

TELEX: 414242 DHA CH
FAX: +41-22-917-0023
ELECTRONIC MAIL: DIALCOM 141: DHAGVA

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