PapuaNewGuinea deploys army to help in volcano emergency
KOKOPO, PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Troops have been sent to help thousands of people displaced by a volcanic eruption on a remote archipelago in Papua New Guinea, the prime minister said on Friday , as a second volcano erupted.
"We will mobilise the military to go in and assess the situation, and we will dispatch the military to assist on the ground," said Prime Minister James Marape. Local MP Joseph Lelang said as many as 13,000 people may have been displaced, and 1,000 have lost their homes, while Mr Leo Porikura, an official with the West New Britain Disaster Office, put the number of displaced at around 7,000.
Mr Steven Saunders, a surveyor at Rabaul Volcano Observatory, confirmed there was a small one-off explosion from Ulawun in the early hours but it was not sustained, and activity has eased.
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