Nevido del Ruiz Flashcards
1
Q
People died
A
23,000 people died
2
Q
People injured
A
4,500
3
Q
Made homeless
A
8,000
4
Q
Houses destroyed
A
5,000
5
Q
Animals killed
A
15,000
6
Q
Effects on people
A
Communications like roads and bridges destroyed. -thousands of hectar of farm land destroyed -rescue workers found people dead and tangled in trees. -cost $1 billion
7
Q
Back ground • date• country • plate boundary • amount of Lahar
A
Happened on 13th november• 1985 destructive plate margin .Colombia
• lagan began as 20 million cubic metres of hot ash and rocks erupted
