Dormant Kadovar volcano awakens, first eruption in known history, P.N.G.

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In this known history, after the first explosion of the Kadovar volcano, more than 500 people living on the Kadovar Island of the former septic province of Papua New Guinea have been evacuated. It lies on this coast of New Guinea, about 25 km '15 miles' about the mouth of the Sepik River. By the time the volcano is idle, this is part of the Schoutan islands. This aviation color code for volcano was raised in orange. 50 percent of T60 Island is already covered in lava. The latest activity in this volcano was the period of high thermal phenomenon in 1976.

This January 6, 2017 Kadovar volcano eruption

Source - https://watchers.news/2018/01/06/dormant-kadovar-volcano-awakens-first-eruption-in-known-history-png/

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