Nyiragongo 2002 Flashcards

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1
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Name The Physical Hazards That Occurred

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Plumes of Ash, Lava Flows

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2
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Plate Boundary?

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Divergent/Constructive - African Great Rift Valley

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Primary Impacts?

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12,500 homes destroyed
120,000 left homeless
400,000 evacuated
147 died, 45 in first 24 hours

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4
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Causes of Deaths

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Poisonous Gas & Getting Trapped in Lava

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5
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Secondary Impacts?

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Burns
Cholera
14 villages destroyed
350,000 people dependent on aid
Acid Rain - Impact on Farmland
Sulphur Dioxide and Carbon Dioxide Emissions High

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6
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Responses (Positive)

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Refugee Camps
Shelter and Food - Short Term Aid Good
260 tonnes of food supplied by UN

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Responses (Negative)

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Overcrowding at refugee camps
Long Term Aid Lacked - Political Instability
Poverty caused people to be unable to rebuild their homes
Rebuilding generally took a long time
Unrest in country - Congo War Aftermath

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Perception

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Warnings were very lightly given out
Eruption risk wasn’t taken seriously
Inconsistent - caused people to have differing opinions and therefore uncertainty
Evacuation only really began once eruption began
Caused for less people to die but mass damage to infrastructure, homes etc

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