Mount Merapi (Case Study)
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- Mount Merapi Eruption, 2010 (Case study)
- Facts
- It is an active volcano.
- Smoke is released from the summit for about 300 days a year.
- About 353 people died in the eruption in 1010.
- The volcano erupted in March and April 2014.
- It is the tallest active volcano in Europe.
- It lies above the destructive plate margin between the African plate and the Eursian plate.
- Where is Mount Merapi?
- It is in Indonesia on the island of Java.
- It has erupted more than 52 times in the last 200 years.
- Population density is over 800 people per km.
- A further 3 million people live in Yougkarta City, just 25 km away.
- Estimates
- Number of deaths
- 165
- Number of seriously injured
- 425
- Number of refugees and displaced people
- Over 280,000
- Number of people affected
- About 3 million
- Number of deaths
- Reasons why people still live near it
- Boost tourism
- Fact people come to look at the scenery around Mont Merapi.
- Locals can earn money from the people visiting.
- Can get geothermal energy
- Heat energy from under the Earth's suface
- Alternative energy for the people who live there.
- Fertile soil at the foot
- Volcanic ash releases minerals which helps crops grow.
- Locals have more food which results in a better living.
- Farmers earn more money.
- Boost tourism
- Primary effects
- Volcanic bombs and heat clouds
- Pyroclastic flow travelled 3 km down populated mountain side.
- Volcanic ash fell up to 30 km away and travelled 6 km into the sky.
- Sulphur dioxide was blown across Indonesia, the Indian Ocean and parts of Australia.
- Villages were buried under ash.
- Secondary effects
- Ash clouds cause major disruptions.
- Roads were blocked with cars of people trying to escape.
- Princes of foods went up due to damaged lands.
- 350,00 people had to leave their homes.
- Schools and public buildings were closed.
- Short term rsponses
- 210 evacuation centres set up.
- 1,600 people were part of national aid response.
- International aid was offered from organisations like the Red Cross
- Long term responses
- Formal evacuation centres set up so public places could be used again.
- 2,982 people moved to safer homes.
- Government making money available to farmers to replace money lost.
- Government setting up special task forces
- Family issues
- People who have lost their jobs
- Prediction systems
- Monitoring began in 1942.
- Monitoring system updated with new technology
- Small changes to local magnetic fields.
- Facts
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