Date: Mon, 3 Apr 95 11:22:03 EDT From: incident@vita.org (Disaster Information Administrator) Subject: Cape Verde: Volcano DHA-01 CAPE VERDE VOLCANIC ERUPTION DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.1 3 APRIL 1995 1. AS PER INFORMATION FROM UN AND GOVERNMENT SOURCES, FOGO VOLCANO ON FOGO ISLAND SOUTHWEST OF CAPITAL PRAIA (SANTIAGO ISLAND) SHOWS UNUSUAL ACTIVITY SINCE 03 APRIL EARLY MORNING. A SERIOUS ERUPTION OF FOGO LAST OCCURRED ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO. 2. ASSESSMENT MISSION LED BY MINISTER OF DEFENCE AND INCLUDING MINISTRIES OF TRANSPORT AND OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS AS WELL AS NATIONAL RED CROSS IS ON LOCATION. GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING EVACUATION BY BOAT AS PER EXISTING PREPAREDNESS PLANS. 3. FOGO ISLAND HAS A POPULATION OF 33,000 ON MOUNTAINEOUS SURFACE OF 476 SQUARE KILOMETERS, MAJOR CROP IS COFFEE. NORTHERN REGION IS CONSIDERED MOST AT RISK. + DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS + TELEPHONE NO: +41-22-917.12.34 EMERGENCY TEL. NO. (IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ONLY): +41-22-917.20.10 DESK OFFICER: MR. PEREIRA DIRECT TEL: +41-22-917.13.83 PRESS TO CONTACT: MRS. MOULIN-ACEVEDO TEL: +41-22-917.28.56 TELEX: 414242 DHA CH FAX: +41-22-917.00.23 INTERNET EMAIL: DHAGVA AT UN.ORG distributed by - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Volunteers in Technical Assistance gopher: gopher.vita.org Disaster Information Center web: www.vita.org request sitreps: incident@vita.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -