UNDRO 84/2488

INDONESIA - MOUNT KARANGETANG - VOLCANIC ERUPTION
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
20 NOVEMBER 1984

THE UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT CO-ORDINATOR HAS REPORTED THAT MOUNT KARANGETANG SITUATED ON SIAU ISLAND, NORTH SULAWESI, RESUMED VOLCANIC ACTIVITY ON THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 1984. HOT VAPOUR AND BLACK SMOKE WERE EMITTED. THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH SULAWESI REPORTED VILLAGERS WITHIN THE DANGER ZONE EVACUATED TO SAFER AREAS. THE UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT CO-ORDINATOR WILL REPORT FURTHER AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

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UNDRO 85/0480

INDONESIA VOLCANIC ERUPTION - MT. KARANGETANG
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
1 MARCH 1985

A) FURTHER TO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 OF 20 NOVEMBER 1984, UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT CO-ORDINATOR HAS INFORMED VOLCANO MT. KARANGETANG, SITUATED ON SIAU ISLAND, NORTH SULAWESI, ERUPTED ON 21 FEBRUARY 1985 WITH LAVA FLOW REACHING 100 METRES PER HOUR. A NEW CRATER HAS BEEN CREATED CALLED DAGU KAMBING APPROXIMATELY 100 METRES WEST OF THE MAIN EXISTING CRATER.

B) NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES ARE UNDER THREAT AND INHABITANTS ARE STANDING-BY FOR A POSSIBLE FULL-SCALE EVACUATION.

C) DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FIGURES NOT YET AT HAND, BUT UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT CO-ORDINATOR CLOSELY MONITORING SITUATION.

D) GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA HAS SO FAR NOT REQUESTED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

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