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===Volcano===
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Ambae is the emergent portion of Vanuatu's largest (most voluminous) [[volcano]], [[Manaro Voui]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vmgd.gov.vu/vmgd/index.php/geohazards/volcano/our-active-volcanos/ambae/manaro-voui|title=Manaro Voui Volcano|date=27 September 2017|publisher=Vanuatu Meteorology and Geohazards Department}}</ref> which rises 1,496 meters above sea level, or about 3,900 meters above the sea floor.<ref name=Cronin2004>{{cite journal|last=Cronin|title=Participatory methods of incorporating scientific with traditional knowledge for volcanic hazard management on Ambae Island, Vanuatu|year=2004|journal=Bulletin of Volcanology|volume=66|issue=7|pages=652–668|doi=10.1007/s00445-004-0347-9|bibcode=2004BVol...66..652C|s2cid=13613641}}</ref> A steam and ash eruption began on November 27, 2005, leading to a Level 2 volcano alert and preparations for evacuations. On December 8, the eruption became stronger, displacing more than 3,000 of Ambae Island's inhabitants to elsewhere on the island<ref name=AP/> and requiring the evacuation of two hospitals.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
On September 28, 2017, after a week of increasing volcanic activity to Level 4 (Level 5 being a major eruption), the government of Vanuatu ordered a complete evacuation of the island, home to about 11,000 residents.<ref name=AP>{{cite news |author=Nick Perry |url=https://apnews.com/e4749029dfff4268afebecda18404d4f/Vanuatu-orders-evacuation-of-island-with-rumbling-volcano|title=Vanuatu orders evacuation of island with rumbling volcano|publisher=Associated Press |date=September 28, 2017 |accessdate=October 2, 2017}}</ref> Ash from the eruption has covered the island, killing crops and polluting the air and water. In April 2018 the remaining approximately 10,000 residents were ordered to evacuate permanently.<ref>{{cite news |author=Nick Perry |url=https://www.sfgate.com/world/article/Vanuatu-plans-to-permanently-evacuate-entire-12885672.php |title=Vanuatu plans to permanently evacuate entire volcanic island |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |agency=Associated Press |date=May 3, 2018 |accessdate=May 4, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=EleanorAingeRoy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/19/island-of-no-return-vanuatu-evacuates-entire-population-of-volcanic-ambae |title=Island of no return: Vanuatu evacuates entire population of volcanic Ambae |newspaper=The Guardian |date=April 19, 2018 |accessdate=May 6, 2018 }}</ref>
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