Case Studies: Volancoes

Question 1

Eyjafjalljokull- Iceland 2010

Answer 1

• massive ash clouds
• eruption under glacier, ice melts
• steam shattered magma
• air travel disrupted for weeks
• breathing problems from ash
• roads blocked

Question 2

Nevado del Ruiz-Colombia 1985

Answer 2

• 23000 killed
• 5000 injured
• 8000 homeless
• pyroclastic flows
• agriculture land lost
• buildings destroyed
• 150000 animals killed by lahars
• more fertile land
• lahars killed 3/4 of one town
• didn’t listen to warnings, no evacuation plan, no aid