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MOUNT PINATUBO (CAUSES (15th March 1991 earthquakes felt by villagers on…

- - - - 800 square km of agricultural land destroyed
      - A total cost of 1.5 billion pesos had to be paid due to 800000 livestock and chicken's death
    - - Full recovery cost £10 billion
  - - - Lahars caused severe erosion to rivers
      - Lahars continued to affect the areas for 6 years
      - global cooling caused by ash to about 0.5°C
      - The SO2 caused acid rain
    - - 150 square km of reforestation projects were destroyed
      - Ash cloud covered 125000 square km
      - Lahars were formed
      - Around 20 million tonnes of SO2 was released into the atmosphere
  - - - Ash and pumice destroyed 42000 homes
      - 1.2 million were made homeless
      - 847 people killed by homes crumpling
    - - 100 people killed by lahars
      - Many forest indigenous Aeta had to move into government organised homes and areas because their homes was destroyed
        This caused their society to be scarce
      - 500 people died from disease spread such as measles