Montserrat Flashcards

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1
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How many people were killed or injured

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19 killed 7 injured

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Name the primary impacts

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Plymouth destroyed.
20 villages by pyro clastic flows.
School ports and airports destroyed.

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Second impacts.

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Fires destroyed offices.
8,000 of 12,000 left.
Tourism declined, then increased.

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Immediate responses.

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£17 million in uk aid.

Evacuated to north.

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Long term responses.

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Risk map drawn up.
Banned from the south.
Volcano Observatory set up.
£41 million in uk aid.

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When was the volcanic corruption

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1997 - Soufriere

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