Indonesia: Lahar - Nov 1994

UNDP/DHA resident representative in Jakarta reports occurrence of cold Lahar (volcanic mudflow) in Lombok, province of West Nusa Tenggara. Provincial authorities indicate that cold Lahar flushed along the Kokok Jenggak River from the crater of Mount Rinjani on 3 November 1994. Thirty people were killed in the village of Aikmel, district of East Lombok, and 1 person is missing. All casualties are local people who were collecting water on the river. No damage reported. Mount Rinjani on Lombok island erupted in June 1994. Local volcanologists indicate that further cold lahar may be triggered by heavy rainfall. (UN DHA, 9 Nov 1994)