Ash attack from Vanuatu volcano forces residents from their homes

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Ash attack from Vanuatu volcano forces residents from their homes

Fiona

Thomas

fthomas@nzdoctor.co.nz

Friday 4 May 2018, 03:21 PM

Ambae volcano and Lake Voui on 21 April 2018, Ambae Island, Vanuatu. The lake has been split into two due to the growth of the new volcanic cone. The visible landscape is covered with thick ash deposits. The dead trees in the lower right were killed over a decade ago during another eruptive episode. Photo credit: Natalia Deligne.

Ambae volcano (another name for Manaro Voui) and its crater lake, Lake Voui last month. The lake has been split into two due to the growth of the new volcanic cone. The visible landscape is covered with thick ash deposits. Photo: Natalia Deligne

Collapsed roofs, acid rain, fluorosis and destroyed crops. These are the realities for the people of Ambae, Vanuatu, who must now leave the island for, Ambae time on beach, Team members Carol Stewart, Massey University, Graham Leonard, GNS Science and Sandrine Cevuard, VMGD on Vanuatu's largest island of Santo (and a loca

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