Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Montserrat 1995
- The earthquake is still active today
- Destructive plate boundary with the
south and North American and the
Caribbean plate
- Vegetation burned by pyroclastic flow
- Agricultural economy destroyed
- Ash covered 2/3 of the island
- Coral reef destroyed
- New land formed
- Economy ruined
- Tourism economy ruined
- Airport closed for 10 years
- 23 people died
- 60% of housing was destroyed
- 8000 people left as
immigrants to the
UK and Antigua
- Buildings destroyed
- Hospitals
- Illness was left untreated
- Schools
- Lack of clean water
- Diasease such as cholera
- Monsterrat had a volcano
observatory built to monitor seismic
activity.
- UK was obliged to offer aid
- This was accepted along
with other countries aid
offers
- The UK sent HMS
Liverpool to give aid with
money donated from a
concert at 'The Royal
Albert Hall'