21 Jan 2019

Safety relocations for hundreds on Vanuatu's volcanic Ambrym

From , 4:04 pm on 21 January 2019

Nearly 700 people from four villages on Vanuatu's Ambrym island have been evacuated to safe zones after ongoing volcanic eruptions and earthquakes over the past month.

The Vanuatu Red Cross Operations Manager, Augustine Garae, told Jenny Meyer cracks in the ground from earthquakes associated with the eruptions have made the villages unsafe.

Cracks in a building on Vanuatu's Ambrym Island

Cracks in a building on Vanuatu's Ambrym Island Photo: Facebook / YUMI TOKTOK STRET