Mt Nyiragongo Flashcards
1
Q
What year?
How many deaths?
What VEI scale?
A
2002
150
VEI Scale 1
2
Q
Impacts:
Speed of lava flow
How many people fled?
Lake Kivu
Other?
A
90km/h + destroyed 1/3 of Goma
350,000 ->food + shelter problem
Poisoned by sulfurous lava
Earthquakes followed
Eye irritation+respiratory problems+ contaminated water
Looting-> petrol station explosion
3
Q
Response?
A
UN ferried humanitarian aid
$15 million spent -> cost spent on setting up rather than helping
Infrastructure destroyed -> Unemployment
Mazuku-> gases released by lake Kivu
