- Since the evening of 7 July, Mount Bagana located in the centre of the island of Bougainville, eastern Papua New Guinea, is experiencing several eruptions, causing a significant amount of ash emission and lava flow.
- According to the Autonomous Bougainville Government, the communities living in Torokina and Wakunai Towns area have been asked to evacuate following a huge amount of recorded ashfall that has also contaminated most of the water sources and crops, particularly in the Wakunai area. Media reported more than 8,000 people are displaced.
- National authorities are providing help for the affected people with food, water and shelter supplies.
- The alert level of the volcano is at stage 3 of a four-tier scale.
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