2018-01-05
Emergency Obs. Request Information
- Disaster Type: Volcano eruption
- Country: Papua New Guinea
- Occurrence Date (UTC):
- SA activation Date(UTC): 05 January, 2018
- Requester: National Disaster Centre (NDC)
- Escalation to the International Charter:
- GLIDE Number:
Disaster Situation
On Friday 5 January 2018, one of the volcanic erupted and forced for the evacuation of 691 inhabitants from the island. Livelihood of many people were affected. The displaced people are now relocated to an island 13 km away from the volcano. The Government of Papau New Guinea is now planning for permanent resettlement of the displaced people with other people from the nearby islands.