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Volcanic activities and wildfires affected 6.2 million people and caused nearly 2400 deaths between 1998-2017. There are different types of volcanic eruptive events, including: pyroclastic explosions, with is fast-moving hot gas and volcanic matter; hot ash releases; lava flows; gas emissions; glowing avalanches, when gas and ashes release.
As TEMAT was already positioned in Tonga, it was able to deploy a team within 48 hours of the volcanic eruption. TEMAT’s swift response ensured that the people in the worst-affected areas of the country were able to immediately receive medical attention and did not have to wait for support to arrive from outside the country, saving lives.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is closely coordinating with other United Nations agencies and partners to support the response to the recent volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga, including acting as a central channel of information in the face of continued telecommunications outages.The Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted at approximately 5:30pm local time on 15 January, spewing ...
Tsunamis are giant waves that are produced when a large volume of water is displaced in an ocean or large lake by an earthquake, volcanic eruption, underwater landslide or meteorite. Between 1998-2017, tsunamis caused more than 250 000 deaths [KC1] globally, including more than 227 000 deaths due to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.
The Philippine Emergency Medical Assistance Team (PEMAT), led and coordinated by the Department of Health with support from the World Health Organization, answered the call to augment the health response during the Taal Volcano eruption. Emergency medical teams from the Dr Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium (DJNRMHS) in Caloocan City in Metro Manila and the Jose B. Lingad ...
Two weeks after the volcanic eruption, Tonga detected cases of COVID-19 and initiated a response to what became their first wave of community transmission. “We were stretched thin,” said Dr Joseph Takai, Senior Medical Officer at Tonga’s Ministry of Health, when asked about the impact of three simultaneous emergencies.
The health facilities were deep cleaned from volcanic ashfall, hand hygiene stations were installed, water storage tanks and water pumps were provided, plumbing improvements were made, and water supply tests were procured and delivered. Assembly points had been opened to receive displaced people which presented a disease outbreak risk.
He led the country’s response to the undersea volcanic eruption and tsunami in 2022, as well as COVID-19 preparedness and response, resulting in high vaccination coverage and one of the lowest case fatality rates in the world (less than 0.1%).
WHO / Yoshi Shimizu A WHO field staff talks to a woman fetching water from a water catchment tank in Kiribati.
Landslides can accompany heavy rains or follow droughts, earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. Areas most vulnerable to landslides include: steep terrain, including areas at the bottom of canyons; land previously burned by wildfires; land that has been modified due to human activity, such as deforestation or construction; channels along a stream ...