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Papua New Guinea - Rabaul Volcano Alert Apr 1984 UNDRO Information Report No. 1

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UNDRO 84/0911
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - RABAUL VOLCANO ALERT
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
27 APRIL 1984

1. SINCE OCTOBER 1983 RABAUL VOLCANO IN EAST NEW BRITAIN PROVINCE SHOWN ABNORMAL LOCAL EARTHQUAKES AND GROUND SWELLING, TYPICAL PRECURSORS TO ERUPTION. THE LAST ERUPTION, IN 1939, WAS VIOLENTLY DESTRUCTIVE CAUSING 500 FATALITIES. POPULATION NOW AT RISK HAS INCREASED SIXFOLD TO 30,000. THE DETAILED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT/EVACUATION PLAN DEVELOPED MARCH-JUNE 1983 WITH UNDRO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BEING IMPLEMENTED BY PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES.

AFTER SIGNIFICANT INCREASE

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