Eruption at Mount Egon, Indonesia 16 April 2008
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Mount Egon on Flores Island, Indonesia, erupted a 4 kilometre ash plume late on Tuesday 15 April, causing the evacuation of hundreds of villagers from nearby communities. The Indonesian Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation bulletin reports that the eruption was phreatic in nature and occurred at 22:15 local time (13:15 GMT) on 15 April. The alert level for Egon has been raised to level III, orange (the Indonesian term for this alert level is Siaga).
Information
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program – summary information for Egon (0604-16=)
Direktorat Vulkanologi Indonesia – Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, Indonesia
Pusat Vulkanologi & Mitigasi Bencana Geologi – News and information portal for the Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, Indonesia
News
Indonesian volcano spews ash, residents evacuated – Reuters, 16 April 2008
600 flee erupting Indonesian volcano – Associated Press, 16 April 2008
Hundreds flee as Indonesian volcano erupts – AFP, 16 April 2008
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[...] Volcanism Blog reports that Mount Egon on Flores Island, Indonesia, erupted a 4 kilometer ash plume late on Tuesday 15 [...]
Dear Father Curtis
Here a documentation of the eruption of Vulkano Egon . This is a stronger eruption than in 2004 when we took care for 2.000. refugees. (see documentetion in our homepage.
Because now big events like myanmar and China there is less attention for what happened on this small “Katholik island” 85 % Flores. But somme villages have to be evacuated and water food and building new houses are needet.