Montserrat- Volcanoes Flashcards
When did it erupt?
25th June 1997
How much rock and gas was released from the volcano?
4-5 million m3
Primary Impacts: How many died?
19
Primary Impacts: How many were injured?
7
Primary Impacts: How many villages were destroyed? What fraction of homes?
Over 20 villages, 2/3 of homes
Primary Impacts: What types of facilities were destroyed?
Schools, hospitals, airport, port
Primary Impacts: How much mud and ash was Plymouth buried under?
12m
Secondary Impacts: What destroyed many government offices and the police station?
Fires
Secondary Impacts: Why was the economy disrupted just after the eruption?
Tourists stayed away and all businesses are destroyed
Secondary Impacts: What fraction of the population left since 1995?
2/3
Secondary Impacts: What has the volcanic ash improved?
Soil fertility
Secondary Impacts: Now, why is the economy improving?
As tourists want to see the volcano, so more businesses are opening
Immediate Responses: What did the UK send to help the evacuation?
HMS Liverpool
Immediate Responses: Where were people evacuated to?
North of the island
Immediate Responses: What did the WSPA send?
Food for farm animals
Immediate Responses: How much emergency aid did the UK provide?
£17 million
Immediate Responses: What does the temporary infrastructure built include?
Roads and electricity supplies
Immediate Responses: What did local emergency services provide?
A search and rescue service for the survivors
Long-term Responses: What has been set up to try and predict future eruptions?
Montserrat Volcano Observatory
Long-term Responses: How much has the UK provided to help develop the north of the island?
£41 million
Long-term Responses: What has the UK’s money gone towards?
New docks, an airport and houses
Long-term Responses: Why were a risk map and exclusion zone created?
So that if another eruption occurs, the locals know where to go
