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Question 1

General info:

Answer 1

• erupted in April 2010
• constructive boundary
• ejected 100 million m3 of tephra

Question 2

Primary impacts:

Answer 2

• 150m thick ice cap melted so flooding
• no deaths
• 500 farmers evacuated

Question 3

Secondary impacts:

Answer 3

• ash fertilised soil
• jobs and tourism created
• wind distributed ash due to anticyclone weather above UK
  SO 107,000 flights cancelled which cost the airline 1.7 billion (think 17)
• 10 million left stranded
• London lost 102 million of tourism income
• Kenya

Question 4

Hazard response and evaluation

Answer 4

• text sent 30 mins before
• road cut to allow flood water to pass
• cancelling flights prevented deaths
• river dredged to increase capacity
• future volc set up in 2012 to integrate European volcano monitoring