Natural Hazards Case Studies

Question 1

Volcanic eruption

Answer 1

Mount fuego, Guatemala the 3rd of June 2018
Impacts: airports closed, 3100 evacuated, 33000 homeless, 165 killed/260 still missing, buried under ash/lava,1.7 million affected, most deadly eruption in Guatemala, lakar

Question 2

Earthquake

Answer 2

Haiti- conservative plate boundary (epicentre near capital)
7.0 magnitude near Port au Prince ( January 12 2010)
Impacts- 230000 deaths, 180000 homeless, prisoners escaped, looting increased, 25% civilians killed, polluted water,spread of disease, cholera, 7.8 billion reparations, 370 million aid.