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
1. Agricultural economy destroyed
Ash covered 2/3 of the island
Coral reef destroyed
New land formed
Economy ruined
1. Tourism economy ruined
  1. Airport closed for 10 years
23 people died
60% of housing was destroyed
1. 8000 people left as immigrants to the UK and Antigua
Buildings destroyed
1. Hospitals
  1. Illness was left untreated
2. Schools
Lack of clean water
1. Diasease such as cholera
Monsterrat had a volcano observatory built to monitor seismic activity.
UK was obliged to offer aid
1. 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'

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	Created by Oliver Hall over 9 years ago