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Mount Pinatubo Case Study nada abdulwahab 9.1 (Economic Effects (Farmland…
Mount Pinatubo Case Study nada abdulwahab 9.1
Location
Plates involved
Eurasian, Continental
Philippine, Oceanic
Island of Luzon, Philippines in South East Asia: LEDC
Part of the Luzon volcanic arc
Type of plate boundary
Destructive; the oceanic Philippine plate is subducted under the lighter continental Eurasian plate
When?
1991
Environmental Effects
Lahars erode bank rivers and undercut bridges
Global cooling due to ashes by 0.5°C
Volcanic ash blown at speeds over 100 km/s, covering fields and causing pollution
Social Effects
847 deaths
100 killed by lahars (destructive mudslide on volcano slopes)
300 killed by collapsing roofs
1.2 million left homeless, migrated to Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
58,000 people evacuated from 30 km radius
Economic Effects
Houses and bridges destroyed and needed replacing
Building collapsed from heavy rainfall of Typhoon Yunga
Farmland destroyed by volcanic ash and pumice
1991 harvest destroyed
650,000 people left jobless
Manila airport closed