Ambae exodus now complete; community-led response assisting displaced people around Vanuatu
Posted: October 4, 2017 Filed under: The Daily Digest | Tags: Ambae, disaster relief, Vanuatu, volcano 1 Comment
People displaced by the Manaro Voui eruption need your help. Photo: Santo Ambae Disaster Support Community
Ambae is now empty of people. The island’s population Read the rest of this entry »
Humanitarian response rolls out to support evacuees amid reports food supplies running out
Posted: October 3, 2017 Filed under: The Daily Digest | Tags: Ambae, disaster relief, Vanuatu, volcano Comments Off on Humanitarian response rolls out to support evacuees amid reports food supplies running out
Latest official advice says Ambae eruption is stabilising; island’s water supplies made toxic by volcanic ash
Posted: October 2, 2017 Filed under: The Daily Digest | Tags: Ambae, Vanuatu, volcano 1 Comment
Video still taken of the Manaro Voui volcano crater lake, 1 October 2017. Photo: Vanuatu Meteorology and Geohazards Department
Hao nao Tagaro i mekem Ambae – the kastom story of how Ambae was made
Posted: September 30, 2017 Filed under: The Daily Digest | Tags: Ambae, kastom, Vanuatu Comments Off on Hao nao Tagaro i mekem Ambae – the kastom story of how Ambae was made
This is a segment of a long story that explains the formation of Ambae told by Vanuatu Cultural Centre fieldworker James Ngwero, from the Ndui Ndui area of West Ambae. Tagaro is the deity traditionally considered to be responsible for creating the island of Ambae. The story is taken from the Vanuatu National History Curriculum textbook Histri blong Yumi long Vanuatu (Volume 1, p. 3).
Ambae aelan long fastaem hem i ston nomo. Nao Tagaro i sanem tufala man i kam daon i talem long tufala se, “Yutufala i go daon. Yu lukluk long ples daon.” Tufala man ia nem blong tufala i Vavarai Aho wetem Ngwera Kandiri. Taem tufala i kam daon i luk, be olgeta ples i ston nomo.
Ambae island was originally just bare rock. Then Tagaro created Read the rest of this entry »
Ambae volcano’s crater lakes make it a serious threat to Vanuatu
Posted: September 30, 2017 Filed under: The Daily Digest | Tags: Ambae, geology, Vanuatu, volcano Comments Off on Ambae volcano’s crater lakes make it a serious threat to Vanuatu
Ambae volcano crisis: unprecedented mass evacuation facing difficulties
Posted: September 29, 2017 Filed under: The Daily Digest | Tags: Ambae, natural disaster, NDMO, Vanuatu, volcano Comments Off on Ambae volcano crisis: unprecedented mass evacuation facing difficulties
These satellite images, taken 19 August (top) and 29 September (bottom) show the rapid growth of the Manaro Voui volcanic cone. Photo: via Twitter/@planetlabs
Awareness sessions have been taking place across Ambae to discuss how the evacuation of Ambae’s 11,000+ people —4% of Vanuatu’s total population– will Read the rest of this entry »
Breaking news: Vanuatu Govt orders evacuation of entire 11,100 population of Ambae
Posted: September 28, 2017 Filed under: The Daily Digest | Tags: natural disaster, NDMO, Vanuatu, volcano 3 Comments
Breaking: the Vanuatu Government’s Council of Ministers has ordered the mass evacuation of the entire population of Ambae – approximately Read the rest of this entry »
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