Montserrat Unfinished
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- Created on: 21-09-17 20:44
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- Montserrat-1997
- Facts
- Population of 10 500
- Part of the Antilles Island Arc
- Destructive Plate Margin
- Impacts
- 19 deaths
- 25th June 1997- 17 missing
- 6 000 people evacuated
- Loss of jobs- farming land eninhabitable
- 10 500 people affected
- 150 homes destroyed
- South made into a restriction zone
- 80% of infrastructure in the South
- Airport closed
- Capital city abandoned
- Responses
- UK government
- £17 million in emergency aid
- Funded a three--year re-development programme
- Paid for boats to help with evacuation
- Charities
- Sent emergency food for animals
- Set up temporary schools
- UK government
- Management
- GPS
- A satellite location GPS was used
- pH of rainwater
- The pH of rainwater was monitored as it gives an indication of the magmatic gas content
- Land use planning hazard map
- The island was split into three zones;
- Tilt meters
- Earth deformation meters and tilt meters were put in place to show any signs of ground swelling or deflating as magma rises
- Monitoring 24/7
- USGS- United States Geological Survey
- VDAP- Volcano Disaster Assistance Programme
- MV0- Montserrat Volcanic Observatory
- Seismographs/ Seismometre
- An extensive seismograph network was established around the volcano to measure earthquake strengths and depth
- GPS
- Facts
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