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DR Congo: Volcano: 2002/01/17 Country Information on DRR

Period 2002/01/17
Country or District DR Congo
Event Type Volcano
Outline Around 45 people were killed and hundreds of thousands fled Goma, eastern Congo after a volcano erupted and devastated the city.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others
OCHA Situation Report 2002/02/04
Dead: around 45 people

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Report/Articles

OCHA Report 2002/02/12
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OCHA Situation Report 2002/02/04

yahoo!news 2002/01/23
Quakes, Rain Add to Congo Misery

independent news 2002/01/22
fifty killed as lava sparks petrol station fireball.

yahoo!news 2002/01/22
Relief Aid Arrives in Goma

yahoo!news 2002/01/20
Volcano's Lava Engulfs a Congo Town, Killing Up to 40

CNN News 2002/01/19
Estimated the death toll at 47 as volcano devastates Congolese city

Asahi.com2002/01/19(Japanese page)
Forcing hundred thouthands to flee in Goma City.

Earth Observatory Natural Hazards (NASA)
Nyiragongo Volcano Erupts in the Congo

BBC news 2002/01/19
Volcano victims flee Goma

yahoo!Japan news 2002/01/19
3 hundred thousand people evacuate because of the outflow of lava

Yahoo asia News 2002/01/19
Thousands flee Congo town after volcano erupts

CNN News 2002/01/18
Volcano devastates Congo city

OCHA Situation Report 2002/01/18
Congo volcano erupts, houses destroyed

[ERI Emergency Relief Information]

Exite News (Japanese) 2002/02/05
Help the disaster victim of Congo.

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Yahoo asia News 2002/01/19
Goma's airport