Nevado del Ruiz - Volcanic eruption Case Study
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- Case Study: LEDC Tectonic Hazard NEVADO DEL RUIZ
- BACKGROUND
- Destructive plate margin (Subduction of Oceanic Nazca Plate beneath South American plate)
- Andes Mountain Range
- Had been dormant for 150 years
- Strato Volcano & Highest Columbian Volcano
- Nov 13th 1985
- Columbia, South America
- CAUSES
- LEDC - All survivors had to be rescued by air but country didn't have a lot of air transport
- It happened at night - Rescuers were delayed and people were trapped in their homes
- Signs of eruption for a long time -People thought the volcano would never erupt
- Columbian government did not act quickly enough and evacuate the settlements at risk
- SOLUTIONS
- Columbia established warning and evacuation plan
- Outlined tropical planning areas
- Public education campaign
- Red cross provided flyers
- Hazard map posters for towns at risk
- Evacuation route markers painted on buildings
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