Case Studies: Volancoes Flashcards
1
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Eyjafjalljokull- Iceland 2010
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- massive ash clouds
- eruption under glacier, ice melts
- steam shattered magma
- air travel disrupted for weeks
- breathing problems from ash
- roads blocked
2
Q
Nevado del Ruiz-Colombia 1985
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- 23000 killed
- 5000 injured
- 8000 homeless
- pyroclastic flows
- agriculture land lost
- buildings destroyed
- 150000 animals killed by lahars
- more fertile land
- lahars killed 3/4 of one town
- didn’t listen to warnings, no evacuation plan, no aid