Heavy ashfall from explosive eruptions from Galunggung volcano in 1982 damaged or destroyed hundreds of houses, including these in a village near Kadong. The eruptions forced evacuation of 62,000 people living in densely populated areas near the volcano.

Photo by Jack Lockwood, 1982 (U.S. Geological Survey).

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Keywords: human impacts | ashfall | roof collapse

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