A pilot for Niugini Helicopters flying near the Ulawun volcano crater witnessed a column of lava spurting vertically into the equatorial sky, along with ash, on June 2019. (AFP)
Papua New Guinea’s volatile Ulawun volcano erupted early Tuesday, sending a column of red lava shooting up into the sky and forcing the evacuation of recently returned residents.
Mount Ulawun, situated on the remote Bismarck Archipelago chain, displaced between 7,000 and 13,000 people from their homes when it last erupted in June.
Seismic activity started at midday on Monday before the volcano erupted at about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to Rabaul Volcano Observatory assistant director Ima Itikarai.
“It was noiseless and in the dark just before dawn; the eruption was visible (with) a distinct shard (of) red incandescent glow shooting up less than 100 meters from the base,” he told AFP.
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As light dawned, billowing clouds of grey ash could be seen rising several hundred meters into the sky, he said, while local Chris Lagisa said residents could hear the noise of gushing gas and flowing lava.
While most people affected by the previous eruption had remained at evacuation centers, an official with the West New Britain Disaster Office said a number who had returned to tend to their homes and gardens at the base of the volcano had to be evacuated again.
The volcano is one of the world’s most hazardous, featuring on a list of 16 “Decade Volcanoes” targeted for research because they pose a significant risk of large, violent eruptions.
