Date: Fri, 7 Apr 95 11:59:57 EDT
From: incident@vita.org (Disaster Information Administrator)
Subject: Cape Verde: Volcano  DHA-03

                           CAPE VERDE
                VOLCANIC ERUPTION - FOGO VOLCANO
                DHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO.3
                          7 APRIL 1995

1. DHA/UNDP REPRESENTATIVE INFORMS THAT SINCE BEGINNING FOGO
VOLCANIC ERUPTION, LAST MONDAY 3 APRIL, THOUSANDS BECAME HOMELESS
WHEN THEIR HOMES/PROPERTIES IN CHA DAS CALDEIRAS, WERE DESTROYED
BY A STREAM OF LAVA EXPELLED FROM FISSURES OUTSIDE THE MAIN
CRATER.

2. TO DATE FOGO VOLCANO CONTINUES ITS ACTIVITY, EXPELLING LAVA
ASH AND SMOKE THREATENING OTHER VILLAGES.

3. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT SO FAR APPROXIMATELY 3,000 PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.  THE MAJORITY OF DISPLACED PERSONS ARE WOMEN,
CHILDREN AND ELDERLY.  THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED TO THE
COASTAL VILLAGES OF S. FILIPE AND MOSTEIROS, AND THEY ARE FACING
DIFFICULT CONDITIONS WITH SHORTAGES IN WATER, TENTS, FOOD AND
MEDICINE.

4. DUE TO THE VOLCANO CONTINUOUS THREAT THE GOVERNMENT IS
CONSIDERING A RESETTLEMENT PLAN FOR THOSE DISPLACED FROM THE
SURROUNDING VILLAGES.

5. A TEAM FROM PRAIA CONSISTING OF U.N. AGENCIES AND DONOR
REPRESENTATIVES, VISITED FOGO ISLAND ON 5 AND 6 APRIL, TO ASSIST
THE GOVERNMENT IN THE ASSESSMENT.

6. THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT
SOCIETIES HAVE APPEALED FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO THE
NATIONAL RED CROSS.

7. PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT PLEDGED EMERGENCY AID CONSISTING OF
TENTS, FOOD AND MEDICINE, AND WILL BE DISPATCHING A TEAM OF
GEOGRAPHERS AND GEOLOGISTS TO STUDY THE ERUPTION.

8. THE GOVERNMENT IS IN CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH INTERNATIONAL
AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND MIGHT SOON REQUEST INTERNATIONAL
ASSISTANCE.

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