Soufriere Hills, Montserrat eruption 1995-97

Question 1

cause of eruption

Answer 1

subduction of north american plate, 2 oceanic plates,

Question 2

human factors increasing the risk

Answer 2

island so not many places to go, no preparation, poor country

Question 3

social impacts

Answer 3

• 19 deaths
• Plymouth (capital) destroyed by pyroclastic flow
• asthma from ash cloud
• no sense of community cause well educated women to leave-left ageing population
• riots due to limited aid

Question 4

economic impacts

Answer 4

• destroyed fertile agriculture in the south
• destroyed tourism infrastructure
• loss of farming trade

Question 5

environmental impacts

Answer 5

• 2/3 island is non-inhabitable

- fertile land ruined

Question 6

short term responses

Answer 6

-divided into 3 zones: exclusion zone, central zone and northern zone (safe zone where people moved to)

Question 7

long term responses

Answer 7

• 1/2 displaced population moved overseas to places like the UK and Antigua
• £200 million regeneration project
• monitor volcano since 1995
• volcano trails