LEDC volcanic erruption - Montserrat 1995
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- Montserrat 1995
- Background
- composite volcano
- Chances Peak
- Soufriere Hills
- thick viscous lava
- which built up into a dome
- became to heavy, collapsed
- When it collapsed:
- 5 million cubic metres of hot rick
- sent down the south side of the valley
- 5 million cubic metres of hot rick
- When it collapsed:
- became to heavy, collapsed
- which built up into a dome
- composite volcano
- Short term impacts
- 2/3 island covered in ash
- 50% population evacuated
- to North of island in makeshift centres
- floods
- because valley blocked with ash
- airport and port closed
- forest fires
- caused by pyroclastic flow
- destroyed 150 homes
- 19 people died
- Long Term impacts
- remaining residents had to love on N side of island
- tourism industry suffering
- unemployment
- population fell
- because many didn't return to island
- from 12,000 to 5,000
- increase in rent
- housing shortage
- acid rain
- killed vegetation
- polluted lakes
- from sulfur dioxide from erruption
- Short term Responses
- evacuation
- by British Navy
- £41 million aid from UK
- evacuation
- Long Term Responses
- each resident received £2500
- from UK to allow them to move
- exclusion zone set up in volcanic region
- volcanic observatory built for monitoring
- gas monitoring
- 14 seismometers close to volcano
- read 24 hours
- pH of rainwater measured
- 1998
- people of montserrat granted full UK residency rights
- 2002
- granted full british citizenship
- each resident received £2500
- Background
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