Mount Nyiragongo (2021)

Question 1

Year, deaths and damage from eruption

Answer 1

2021
32 deaths
Over 1000 homes destroyed

Question 2

What were 2 of the effects of the eruption

Answer 2

Lava flow crossed N2 road, cutting Goma from the city of Beni
Destroyed important water pipe and damaged a reservoir, cutting off access to water for 500,000

Question 3

How many people were displaced

Answer 3

450,000

Question 4

How many villages severely damaged

Answer 4

17

Question 5

How many $ worth of aid did the USA provide DRC in 2021

Answer 5

$130 million

Question 6

What did UNICEF do to help

Answer 6

Installed 15 emergency chlorination points to prevent cholera outbreak

Helped a task force install 1.5km of pipe to replace pipe work melted by lava

Question 7

Why do residents partly blame the Goma Volcano Observatory

Answer 7

The world bank ceased its funding in 2020 and then the observatory stoped monitoring the volcano
However in May 2021 they issued a warning that the volcano’s lava lake was filling up, increasing the risk but didn’t have good enough info to release a more detailed and precise warning due to lack of funding

Question 8

What are authorities planning on doing since the volcano

Answer 8

Considering moving parts of Goma to the town of Sake due to Mount Nyiragongo however very expensive and difficult to convince residents to move