Montserrat volcano

Where is Montserrat located?

• between the Caribbean and North America plate boundary

• Between the Eurasian and the Caribean plate

• Between the North America and the Eurasian plate boundary

• Between the Caribbean and the African plate Boundary

What was the population of the people in Monseratt before the volcano eruption

• 4,000

• 15,568

• 10,000

• 25,000

what is the peopulation of Monseratt after the eruption

• 8,000

• 2,000

• 6,000

• 4,000

What is the 2 peimiary effect of the eruption

• magma from the vochave blocked the road mak

• 2/3^rd of the island is covered in ash

• frequent earthquake broke highway routes mking it hard for people to evacuate

• The airpot is closed making it hard to obtain aid

What is the 2 secondary effect of the volcano

• the result of the eviroment destroys both the tourist and farming indrustry

• earthquakes have have adided in causing colladoral damage within Plymonth (capital city)

• fumes from the volcano made it imposible for peole to live in Monseratt forcing for everyone to evacuate

• vegition got destroyed due to acid rain which took years for the acidiity to decrease.

what was the 2 primary response for Moseratt

• Plymouth was forced to be abandoned

• They rebuild the south with magma proof materials

• Volcanic observatory was built to keep track of the volcano

• they cleared out all of the ash from the road of the volcano so that more citizens could escape

why did Monseratt citizens criticise the UK Government?

• James Callaghan (british priminister at the time) was bribed by oposing official to "turn a blind eye"

• They claim the UK government ain't doing enough to help their situation

• They saw too many British rescuers vibe by having a pint at a local pub during the evacuation process

• a British evacuation ship was crashed due to a British captain sleeping on the job which killed 1000s of innocent lives

What was the 2 secondary response after the eruption

• £41 million was donated by the british goverment

• A risk map was devised to show the residents where is safe on the island

• ships were sent in drove to evacuate the people who survive the volcanic people

• they agreed to send the cremaining citizen of moserat 2 years of benifit to help them out