Mount Pinatubo

Question 1

Date and time

Answer 1

June 1991 - in the day

Question 2

Deaths

Answer 2

722 - causes were: directly from the eruption; disease that broke out in evacuation camps; continued mudflows in the area.

Question 3

People evacuated

Answer 3

58,000 evacuated within a 30km radius.

Question 4

Estimated lives saved through evacuation

Answer 4

5,000 lives saved - forecasts from scientific organisations in the Philippines and USA prompted the evacuation.

Question 5

Total damage to homes and infrastructure

Answer 5

Estimated $700 million in damages to homes and infrastructure.
Since the 1991 eruptions, lahars have destroyed homes of over 100,000 people - lahars were prominent post eruption due to high levels of rainfall prior to the eruption.
Airport closed - pause in tourism and exporting goods.

Question 6

Livelihoods ruined

Answer 6

1.2 million livelihoods ruined, mainly farmers and towns on the foothills and base that were wiped out.
650,000 farmers lost their jobs.

Question 7

Impact on global climate

Answer 7

Global temperatures were lowered by 0.5 degrees Celsius between 1991 and 1993 due to the increased combination of ash and sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere.