case study volcanoes: eyjafjallajökull (E15) iceland

Question 1

economic impacts?

Answer 1

airlines lost £130million per day but euro star train boomed

Question 2

social impacts?

Answer 2

ash contaminated local water supplies

Question 3

environmental impacts?

Answer 3

lava partially melted a glacier causing flooding

Question 4

responses?

Answer 4

1.icelandic red cross provided food for farming population
2.24hour emergency hotline set up
councilling offered to traumatised children