Mt Pinatubo 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyPlate tectonicsA2/A-levelAll boards Created by: nicolarose1Created on: 13-04-17 12:21 Date of eruption? June 1991 1 of 19 Location? Philippines 2 of 19 Who was the evacuation of the Clark Air Force Base ordered by? USGS 3 of 19 When was the evacuation? 48 hours before first eruption 4 of 19 How far away were communities covered in grey ash? 50 miles 5 of 19 Outputs? pyroclastic flows in all directions 6 of 19 Death toll? 847 7 of 19 How many people died from original eruption? 50 8 of 19 How many people lost their jobs? 650,000 9 of 19 How many people lost their homes? 1.2 million 10 of 19 What was the impact of earthquake activity? Many buildings colapsed 11 of 19 Impact of Typhoon Yunga? heavy rainful, raining mud, causing buildings to collapse, caused ash to flow as lahars 12 of 19 What would have made the impact much worse? Without the Clark Air Force Base (USGS monitoring) 13 of 19 How many people evacuated due to accurate prediction? 75,000 14 of 19 What did the USA air force helicopters help with? evacuation 15 of 19 What did the Govt. provide? shelters 16 of 19 Who organised long and short term aid? Red Cross 17 of 19 How successful was the management? relative outcome due to US base - however the typhoon worsened impacts 18 of 19 Cost of damages? $700 million worth of damages - huge burden 19 of 19
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