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What was the name of the volcano when did it erupt |
The volcanic eruption was Montserrat on the 25th of July 1997 |
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What was the cause of the volcanic eruption in Montserrat |
Is Montserrat is on a destructive plate boundary it erupted - the Atlantic plate got subducted underneath the Caribbean plate |
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What were the primary effects of this volcanic eruption (4 of them) |
●1000's of people were left homeless ●two-thirds of the island was covered in Ash ●Farmland got destroyed and ●Plymouth the capital city of Montserrat was also destroyed |
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What were the secondary effects of the eruption in Montserrat (there are 6 of these) |
●8000 refugees left the island and did not return ●less than 3000 people live on the island now ●people have to move to the north of the island to the safe zone ●long-term health effects included lung disease called silicosis ●70% of the island became uninhabitable ●unemployment grew |
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Whats were the immediate responses of this eruption (4 of these) |
●Evacuation to the north of the island ●Many left completely and am exclusion Zone was setup ●£41 million in aid was provided for temporary buildings and water purification ●Charities set up temporary schools and set up emergency food for farm animals |
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What were the long term responses to this eruption (4 of these) |
observatory the set-up to observe and monitor volcanoes New roads and the new airport was built and a new capital city was built called Little Bay on the north of Island Population slowly increased to nearly 5000 however the population structure changed British government gave £200 million to restore Montserrat. |
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What are the plans for the future |
It became a tourist attraction and little bay became developed for trade |
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How do they monitor and predict volcanic eruptions now in Montserrat |
The volcano observatory checks changes in volcano shape using tiltmeters, uses seismometers to listen to rumbling of magma ubderground and measure sulphur dioxide levels. Daily report is produced and passed on to radio broadcasters to inform the islanders |
