Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Nyiragongo Volcano, Africa
- Primary Effects
- Causes
- Disturbed by moving plates
- East African rift valley
- Impacts
- Lava spilling
southwards in 3
streams
- Speed=60kph
- Flowed on runway of Goma airport
- And through the
town, splitting in
in half
- Lava destroyed many homes, roads, water
pipes, set off explosions in fuel stores &
power plants
- 45 KILLED
- Secondary Effects
- Responses
- 1/2million people fled to Rwanda- neighbouring Goma
- They spent the night
sleeping on streets of
Gisenyi
- No shelter, electricity
or clean water as area
could not cope with the
influx
- Dieseases such as
cholera were real risk
- People were frightened of
going back
- Looting was a problem at Goma
- People returned within a weak hoping for aid
- Aid agencies including Christian Aid and
Oxfam helped distribute food + medicine +
blankets
- Aftermath= Water had to be supplied in tankers