Soufriere Hills, Montserrat Case Study
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- Soufriere Hills, Montserrat Case Study
- Information
- 25th June 1997
- 19 people killed
- Atlantic Plate was sub-ducted under the Caribbean Plate.
- Causes
- Montserrat is above a destructive plate margin; Atlantic plate sub-ducted under the Caribbean
- Magma rose up through weak points under the volcano, forming an underground pool of magma
- The rock above the pool collapsed, opening a vent and causing the erruption
- Impacts
- Primary
- Large areas covered with volcanic ash
- Plymouth (capital) was buried
- 20 + villages destroyed
- Schools, hospitals, airport, the port all destroyed
- 19 people died, 7 injured
- Secondary
- Fires destroyed many buildings (police headquarters and petrol station)
- Tourists stayed away- economy disrupted, businesses destroyed
- Population decline- 8000 of the islands 12000 have left.
- Volcanic ash has improved soil fertility.
- Tourism is now increasing- people go to see the volcano.
- Primary
- Responses
- Immediate
- People evacuated from the south to safer areas
- Shelters were built for the evacuees.
- Temporary infrastructure was built e.g roads, electricity supplies.
- The UK provided £17million of emergency aid
- Local emergency services provided support to search and rescue survivors.
- People evacuated from the south to safer areas
- Long Term
- A risk map was created and exclusion zones- South of the island off limits whilst volcano is active.
- The UK has provided £41million to develop the North of the island.
- New Docks
- Airport has been built
- Houses have been built
- The Montserrat Volcano Observatory has been set up try and predict future eruptions- that will decrease the detrimental effects
- Immediate
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