Case Study- Eyjafjallajokull (Iceland) MEDC
- Created by: EMBROWN23
- Created on: 12-12-15 15:49
View mindmap
- Eyjafjallajokull (Iceland)
- Location and when it occured
- Iceland
- 19th April 2010
- What happend
- A fissure eruption occured, with lava flows on the east and west side.
- Large amounts of volcanic ash and an ash plume was released.
- Primary effects
- The ash plume reached 11,000M in the air
- The ash was distributed by high velocity jett streams above Iceland.
- The 150m thcik ice cap melted, this caused major flooding annd 700 people had to be evacuated.
- Parts of the main roads were destroyed and flash flood water bulldozed trhough other roads.
- Fine ash silted the rivers, this caused them to become blocked.
- 20 farms were destroyed due to floods and ash
- Crops were damged by heavy ash fall and local water supplies became contaminated with fluoride from the ash.
- Secondary effects
- Airspace in Europe was closed for 6 days. Overall around 95,000 flights were cancelled.
- It cost airlines over $200 million a day and around $2 billion was lost over all.
- Shares in air travel and tourism agenices fell by 4%
- A loss occured in the oil indusrty as 1.87 million barrels of oil were not used.
- London lost around £102 million in tourist income, this had a knock on effect for workers travelling and businesses.
- How they managed it
- As the first small euption started on the 20th March they had time to prepare.
- High tech equipment was used to predict further erutpions.
- They had a good early warning system with texts being sent with 30 minute warnings.
- Emergency services were well prepared
- Immediate reponses
- They used high tech equipment to predict further eruptions.
- They used a warning system which sent out texts with 30 minute warnings.
- The emergency services were well prepared
- Evacuatuon of local peole took place including 700 people who lived near the ice cap which melted.
- Long term responses
- Research was done on the effects of ashg on aircrafts
- Roads were rebuilt
- Local flood defences were reconstructed
- Location and when it occured
Similar Geography resources:
Teacher recommended
Teacher recommended
Comments
No comments have yet been made