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. + DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS = TELEPHONE NO:+41-22-917.12.34 IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ONLY: TEL. NO.: +41-22-917.20.10 DESK OFFICER: C. PEREIRA DIRECT TEL. +41-22-917.13.83 PRESS TO CONTACT DHA-GENEVA SPOKESPERSON: MS. MOULIN-ACEVEDO, DIRECT TEL: +41-22-917-2856 TELEX:414242 DHA CH FAX: +41-22-917.00.23 INTERNET EMAIL: DHAGVAATUN.ORG distributed by - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Volunteers in Technical Assistance gopher: gopher.vita.org Disaster Information Center web: www.vita.org request sitreps: incident@vita.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -