Montserrat
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- Montserrat
- Location
- West Indes, Lesser Antilles
- 12500 population
- Local people not aware they lived near a volcano
- Air studios set up by manager of the Beatles
- Electronics factory and rice processing plant
- Tectonic setting
- Formed at oceanic and oceanic convergent margin
- North American plate subducted beneath Caribbean plate
- Stratovolcano
- Composed of ash layers from previous eruptions
- Hazards
- Primary
- Ash
- Pyroclastic flows (got bigger)
- Secondary
- Lahars
- Primary
- Eruptions
- The Soufriere Hills volcano began erupting in 1995
- July 1995 - eruption of ash
- March 1997 - Pyroclastic flow created new delta
- Areas evacuated
- 19 people killed
- 9000m high eruption cloud
- Destroyed airport
- 1999 - large eruption from dome collapse
- 2000 - small explosion produced pyroclastic flow
- Ash cloud rose to 10'000 feet
- 2003 - later blast
- 2008 - 12km ash cloud
- 2010 - eruption when dome collapsed
- 4 year pause
- GPS still predicts it will erupt again
- Management
- Seismic activity found but not clear what was going on
- VDAP came when the eruption occurred in 1995
- Past eruptions made people lose faith in predictions therefore didn't listen too them
- Responses
- People evacuated (7000) to the north
- 5000 lived in shelters for up to 2 years
- Residents told to wear helmets and masks outdoors
- Divided Montserrat into areas o how sfe they are
- Activity of the volcano is monitored by MVO
- Seismograph network was established around volcano to measure earthquakes
- GPS to check ground movements
- Currently
- Montserratians have not gone back
- 4000 moved to the UK
- New problems like crime, HIV and change in culture
- Hopefully the northern part of the island will be able to sustain a population of 10000
- Tourist industry increased with people coming to see the volcano
- British government funded 75 million pounds fo redevlopment
- Montserratians have not gone back
- Effects
- 19 deaths - 3 bodies recovered
- Ash covered everything
- Flows destroyed everything
- Ash impacts on health
- South of island destroyed by flows/lahars/ash
- Plymouth (capital city) and 19 villages were abandoned
- Wildlife is affected (Montserrat tree frogs)
- Coastline is chnaging
- Closed airports
- Increase in tourism
- Unemployment rose to 50%
- Skill shortage
- Agriculture stopped
- Traffic congestion
- Location
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