Tag: Volcano
Vanuatu pressing ahead with Ambae volcano island evacuation plan
By Len Garae in Port Vila
Vanuatu is still pressing ahead with its plan to evacuate Ambae island for the second time in six months...
Ambae’s volcano still smoking, rumbling but now ‘normal’
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
The frequent volcano rumblings felt on Ambae and surface events seen from neighboring islands of Maewo, Pentecost and even...
Ambae is Vanuatu’s story, not just a global media backdrop
OPINION: By Dan McGarry
It happens every time disaster strikes in the developing world. The inhabitants of the place become background players in a drama...
Howling dogs all that’s left in volcano island Ambae’s empty villages
By Dan McGarry on Santo
Only the howling of dogs can be heard now in Ambae’s abandoned villages. The entire population has now been moved...
Ambae volcano ‘more stable’, say Vanuatu’s monitoring scientists
Locals evacuate Ambae island as Manaro Voui volcano threatens to erupt in Vanuatu. – Video: Guardian Wires
By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila
New observations...
Vanuatu President seeks calm, PM says ‘we’re not ready for disasters’
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
Vanuatu sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and though it is accustomed to being hit by cyclones and...
Ambae Manaro volcano’s crater lakes make it a serious threat to...
Smoke billows from Vanuatu’s Manaro Voui volcano on Ambae island. Video: The Guardian
ANALYSIS: By Chris Firth
If you turned on the television this week, you...
Vanuatu’s mass exodus from volcano island Ambae under way
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
Vanuatu's government is moving the entire population of 11,000 people from Ambae to the neighbouring islands of Pentecost, Maewo,...
Vanuatu orders evacuation of Ambae’s 11,000 people over volcano’s gases
A RNZAF flyover of Manaro Voui volcano on Ambae island. Video: NZDF
By Bob Makin in Port Vila
The Vanuatu government’s Council of Ministers has ordered...