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Papua New Guinea

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A Stage II alert was declared on October 17 as Manam volcano, off the north coast of the Papua New Guinea town of Madang, started erupting. The eruptions, which started Sunday evening, grew in intensity and on Monday night the fiery volcano lit up Bogia town some 20 kilometres away on the mainland.

The National Disaster and Emergency Services director, Leith Anderson, spoke to Madang administrator, Wep Kanawi, before declaring the alert.

Residents of Bogia have been told by authorities to anticipate evacuation. Manam has been the most active of PNG’s volcanoes in recent times. In 1992, A Stage II alert was declared following weeks of fiery eruptions. This was repeated for a few days last year. A month ago more than 90,000 people had to be evacuated from the East New Britain capital Rabaul when two nearby vol

canoes erupted.