Eyjafjallajökul Flashcards
1
Q
Year?
Deaths?
VEI?
Volcano type?
A
2010
0 deaths
4
Shield Volcano
2
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
3
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
