Date:         Wed, 5 Apr 1995 08:11:06 MST
From: INCIDENT%CMSNAMES.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
Subject: Cape Verde: Volcano  DHA-02

                           CAPE VERDE
                        VOLCANIC ERUPTION
               DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.2
                          4 APRIL 1995

1. UNDP OFFICE IN PRAIA REPORTS THAT FLANK ERUPTION HAS OCCURRED
OUTSIDE CRATER FROM A FISSURE 200 METRES LONG FROM WHICH A LAVA
STREAM 10 METRES WIDE AND 2 METRES THICK IS MOVING AT 5
KILOMETRES PER HOUR.  VOLCANIC ASH IS BEING CARRIED TO AN
ALTITUDE OF 4000 TO 5000 METRES.

2. MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE THAT ONE THOUSAND PERSONS HAVE SO FAR
LEFT THEIR HOMES IN THE MOST DANGEROUS ZONE.

3. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTING BY BOAT FOOD, TENTS AND
BLANKETS FOR THOSE AFFECTED.

4. WHO IS SENDING ONE EMERGENCY HEALTH KIT FROM DHA WAREHOUSE
PISA.

5. FOGO VOLCANO HAD 9 ERUPTIONS WITH SMALL EXPLOSIONS AND LAVA
FLOWS FOR THE LAST 300 YEARS, MOST RECENTLY DURING 2 MONTHS IN
1951.

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