Nyiragongo 2002

Question 1

Name The Physical Hazards That Occurred

Answer 1

Plumes of Ash, Lava Flows

Question 2

Plate Boundary?

Answer 2

Divergent/Constructive - African Great Rift Valley

Question 3

Primary Impacts?

Answer 3

12,500 homes destroyed
120,000 left homeless
400,000 evacuated
147 died, 45 in first 24 hours

Question 4

Causes of Deaths

Answer 4

Poisonous Gas & Getting Trapped in Lava

Question 5

Secondary Impacts?

Answer 5

Burns
Cholera
14 villages destroyed
350,000 people dependent on aid
Acid Rain - Impact on Farmland
Sulphur Dioxide and Carbon Dioxide Emissions High

Question 6

Responses (Positive)

Answer 6

Refugee Camps
Shelter and Food - Short Term Aid Good
260 tonnes of food supplied by UN

Question 7

Responses (Negative)

Answer 7

Overcrowding at refugee camps
Long Term Aid Lacked - Political Instability
Poverty caused people to be unable to rebuild their homes
Rebuilding generally took a long time
Unrest in country - Congo War Aftermath

Question 8

Perception

Answer 8

Warnings were very lightly given out
Eruption risk wasn’t taken seriously
Inconsistent - caused people to have differing opinions and therefore uncertainty
Evacuation only really began once eruption began
Caused for less people to die but mass damage to infrastructure, homes etc