Eyjafjallajökul Flashcards

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1
Q

Year?

Deaths?

VEI?

Volcano type?

A

2010

0 deaths

4

Shield Volcano

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Q

Impacts:

How many evacuated and why?

Main impact?

Cost of airspace shutdown?

Farms?

A

1,000 evacuated due to melting ice and mudflows

Ash cloud travelled all the way to Europe-> biggest air space shut down since WWII -> 6 days

Cost £130 million per day

20 farms destroyed

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Q

Vulnerability + Preparedness?

A

Little risk to people’s lives due to spread out population and low population in area under threat

Fissure eruption

Very well prepared-> EWS + 30 minute warning

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