Unit 1 World At Risk: Phillipines
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- Phillipines: A Disaster Hot Spot
- Background
- Island so increased vulnerability as surrounded by water.
- LEDC- 80% of population live below poverty line
- In the Pacific Ring of Fire.
- Tropical climate characterised by high temp & high humidity.
- Earthquake: 2002 Mindanao Earthquake
- Causes: Phillipines sits on several microplates between 2 convergent plates.
- Impact: 15 killed, 100 injured, 800 buildings damaged, 2 secondary hazards
- Volcanic hazards- 22 active volcanoes.
- 1991 Mt Pinatubo Eruption
- Causes:Small explosions/ emissions of steam/minor ash- continued to increase until strong explosions culminated (largest eruption of century
- Impacts: Cloud formed that stretched 11,000km from South East Asia to Central Africa
- 1991 Mt Pinatubo Eruption
- Landslides: Guinsaugon Landslide
- Causes: Heavy rainfall (200cm in 10 days), steep terrain, deforestation, shallow roots, underlying rock impermeable, area on geological fault
- Impacts: 2,000 killed, 1875 evacuated, survivors moved to South East (550-600 miles away)
- Typhoon: December 2006
- Causes: Mayon, Phillipines most active volcano- began emitting lava in mid July
- Impacts: 200 killed,, villages wiped out, 22,000 people affected, power/ telephone lines brought down, houses damaged
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