Ash attack from Vanuatu volcano destroys crops and homes

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Ash attack from Vanuatu volcano destroys crops and homes

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.
View of new volcanic cone in Lake Voui, from Vanuatu Meteorology and Geohazards Department surveillance flight
Collapsed roofs, acid rain, fluo­rosis and destroyed crops. These are the realities for the people of Ambae, Vanuatu, who may leave their island for g, Ambae time on beach, Carol Stewart with team members Graham Leonard, GNS Science, and Sandrine Cevuard, Vanuatu Meteorology and Geohazards Department, with a local girl on