Nevado Del Ruiz

Question 1

Where

Answer 1

Colombia border part of Andes in armero

Question 2

Margin

Answer 2

Destructive of nazca plate subducted under South American plate part of Andean volcano belt

Question 3

When was first signs

Answer 3

1984 volcanic activity of fumerole activity and sulphur deposits

Question 4

What did did it erupt

Answer 4

9.09pm on a stormy night

Question 5

Eruption

Answer 5

30 km into air 35 million metric tons of material erupted

Question 6

Main killer

Answer 6

Pyroclastic flow melted snow and glaciers travelling 40 mph Lahars

Question 7

How much crop destroyed

Answer 7

3400 hectares of crops

Question 8

How many hospitals destroyed and schools

Answer 8

2 and 50

Question 9

What did Lahars do to soil

Answer 9

Made fertile

Question 10

How many animals killed

Answer 10

150,000

Question 11

Overall cost

Answer 11

7.7 billion 20% GDP in 1985

Question 12

How many homeless

Answer 12

8000

Question 13

How many killed

Answer 13

23,000

Question 14

Why so bad in armero

Answer 14

3/4 killed as on eastern flank two rivers meet at confluence doubling power of Lahars

Question 15

What did Red Cross do

Answer 15

Organised rescue while helicopters airlifted victims to hospitals

Question 16

Why was international aid lacking

Answer 16

1 week before earthquake in Mexico City gas more media coverage and slit of aid had already been sent there

Question 17

Why was it so poorly managed

Answer 17

Hazard maps poorly made and poorly distributed, lack of key and other errors ready to mass distribute 19th
People refused to believe scientists and authorities would only evacuate when they had an exact date

Question 18

When

Answer 18

13 th November 1985