LEDC - Montserrat volcano

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  • Created by: Alice4321
  • Created on: 15-01-17 19:46

LEDC - Montserrat volcano

Causes

  • Signs started in 1995.
  • Remained active for 5 years
  • Destructive plate margin
  • Dormant for over 300 years beforehand

Effects

  • Primary -
  • 19 deaths
  • Exclusion zone set up
  • airports and main ports all shut
  • local health services couldn't cope
  • health issues - sewage system affected
  • Secondary -
  • On going diseases
  • unemployment rose
  • Emigration cause serious skill shortage
  • Long term - not completely safe. Volcano still erupting

Overall summary

Responses - immediate - helicopters everywhere. Medical unit set up. £17million emergency aid sent by UK government. Tempoary schools set up. People evacuated to other countries and to the north. Long term - 10 years on and still monitoring island. Population structure changed. Young people made new lives else where.

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