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| Question | Answer |
| FACTS | Location: Soufriere Hills Date: Began 1995, most severe in 1997 Pop'n Count: Around 12,000 before eruption Amount Dead: 19 Amount Injured: Over 100 |
| CAUSES | - Volcanic eruption as a result of rising magma at a destructive plate margin - Oceanic plates subducts under the continental (North American and South American Plates |
| PRIMARY IMPACTS | - Pyrclastic flow covers 2/3 of island; as a result, 1/2 the pop'n evacuated to the North into makeshift shelters - Schools, Hospitals and and farmland completely destroyed during eruption - Only airport and other ports closed |
| SECONDARY IMPACTS | - People living in unideal unhygienic conditions in North - Many people suffering from respiratory disease due to tephra distributed during eruptions - Tourism numbers decrease - Farmland enriched from eruptions |
| RESPONCES | - UK send £40m in aid - Further £75m sent to support re-establishment of infrastructure etc. - Some evacuees sent to neighbouring island Antigua to live - £2.5k offered to each citizen to migrate to UK |
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