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Volcanoes
- Dangers of the Volcanic Eruptions
- Ash falls: Fine ash affects far away areas. It
damages property for burying buildings. It is also a
hazard to air craft and can lead to cancellation of
flights. It also affects the weather.
- Mudflows wash away buildings, roads, bridges and people.
- Volcanic gases like carbon dioxide cause suffocation. Other gases that are poisonous can burn or cause lung disease.
- Acid rain can damage buildings and may had very serious effects on plants and animal species.
- The collapse of volcanoes erupting into the sea can result in a tsunami.
- Pyroclastic flows travels rapidly down valleys and slow. it is impossible for people to escape.
- Post eruption and famine and disease is disrupted to homes, roads, and services caused by the
effects of volcanoes.
- Lava flows destroy buildings but rarely result in a direct loss of life. As they travel slow enough for you to walk away!
- Sometimes a volcano can exlode sideways (lateral blasts) this can be very destructive. It can destroy houses and property.
- Reduce risk of volcanoes
- When there are poisnous gases the best thing to do is to evacuate.
- If your house walls are strengthend then the chance of your house falling down because of burning lava
decreases.
- People learning how to make a surival kit helps them when everything is destroyed and they can survive until their found.
- Advantages of living in a volcanic area
- Volcanic ash makes extremely fertile soil.
- Geothermal Energy is created from volcanoes. It is renewable, infinite
energy and heat.
- It's also used to heat water for heating and hygiene.
- There is a lot of tourism which is attracted by volcanoes.