Rapports

12:38 PM MEXICO CITY, Aug 12 (Reuter) - Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano on Tuesday released its greatest ash cloud since late June, when it blanketed Mexico City with ash and forced closure of the airport. Ash flew more than a mile (about 2…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0465 1. The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) has reported on the substantial increase since 2 August 1997 in the volcanic activity of the Langs Soufriere Volcano. This increased activity is characterized by hybrid earthquakes, explosive eruptions,…

33/97 A delegation from Montserrat, led by Chief Minister Bertrand Osborne visited the UK over the past week to discuss with the British Government future assistance for the people of Montserrat following the tragic events since…

Rob Cunningham in Montserrat and Robert Archer in London available for interview Christian Aid's Rob Cunningham has reported a heightened state of anxiety on Montserrat following the latest eruption of the island's volcano, after which a number of families evacuated…

OLVESTON, Montserrat (Reuter) - Fires burned in Montserrat's abandoned capital Monday as superheated rock, gas and ash from the island's unpredictable volcano flowed into the heart of Plymouth for the first time. The fiery flow from the…

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 33 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs CWS/ACT APPEAL: Montserrat Volcanco (In support of ACT Appeal # LAMN71, for $100,000) SITUATION: At least nine people have died as the result of the most serious…

(Excerpt) Weekly News Nearly 70 Venezuelan Red Cross (VRC) staff and volunteers are continuing rescue efforts and assistance to victims of last week's earthquake, which left more than 80 people dead, nearly 400 injured and 600 homes destroyed. Volunteers from Cumana…

Co-ordinating Office Action by Churches Together (ACT) is a worldwide network of Churches and their related agencies meeting human need through co-ordinated emergency response and common identity. The ACT network is organizationally based in the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the…

Montserrat Volcano Observatory for the period 4 pm 15 July to 4 pm 16 July 1997 The alert level system has been revised by zones Activity at the volcano has been at about the same level as yesterday. The seismicity is dominated…

Montserrat Volcano Observatory for the period 4 pm 15 July to 7 am 16 July 1997 The alert level system has been revised by zones Volcano activity overnight has continued at about the same level as yesterday. Small to moderate sized rockfalls signals…