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.

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