NH Case Studies

Question 1

Monserrat.

Answer 1

• 1995 - 1997
• LEDC
• Destructive P.B.
• June 25th 1997 - most violent eruption
• 19 deaths
• 4-5 mil cubic meters covered in lava (pyroclastic flow)

Question 2

Mount St Helens.

Answer 2

• 1980
• MEDC
• Destructive P.B.
• 57 deaths
• thought to be dormant
• bulge grew 5 foot per day
• lateral blast destroyed 230 square miles north

Question 3

Haiti.

Answer 3

• LEDC.
• Constructive P.B.
• Magnitude of 7
• 316000 deaths
• cost around $14 billion
• major airport damaged (difficult for aid to come in).

Question 4

Japan.

Answer 4

• MEDC.
• Destructive P.B.
• Magnitude of 9.
• 16000 deaths.
• cost $309 billion.
• nuclear powerplant accident and radioactive leak.

Question 5

Hurricane Sandy - New York

Answer 5

• 2012.
• MEDC.
• Catorgry 1.
• 121 deaths.
• 45000 evacuated.
• 45000 on alert for preperation and aftermath.

Question 6

Cyclone Nargis - Burma

Answer 6

• 2008.
• LEDC.
• Catorgry 4.
• 140000 deaths.
• 450000 homes destroyed.
• no emergancy or evacuation plans made.

Question 7

Greece - Wildfire.

Answer 7

• 2007
• 57 killed
• 110 villages destroyed
• caused by arson

Question 8

California - Wildfire.

Answer 8

• 2007
• 9 deaths
• $1.6 billion
• 640000 evacuated