Hazards- Multi Hazardous Area (The Philippines)

Question 1

The Philippines- background

Answer 1

• located on a destructive plate boundary
• Eurasian Plate is being subducted under the Philippines Plate - causing magma to rise to the surface resulting in volcano formation
• several plate boundaries across the Philippines, the there are multiple places where earthquakes can occur

Question 2

Mt Pinatubo Eruption 1991

Answer 2

• 15th June 1991
• tropical storm caused ash to mix with rain- lahars formed
• dense forests
• lots of ash and tephra
• rivers altered and climate cooled by 2 degrees for 2 years
• typhoon hit
• pyroclastic flows

Question 3

Problems for the Philippines

Answer 3

• affected by so many hazards it is hard for the government to prioritise
• tropical storms may be worth investment as 105 million people have been affected
• very few responses are multi hazardous (apart from training emergency responders)
• government must decide between preventing loss of life and limiting the no. of people affected
• not a wealthy nation - rely on foreign aid