VOLCANIC ERRUPTION - MEDC - Mount Etna

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Location (and plate boundary)

Sicily - above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate

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Population around area

over 300,000 (one of the largest cities in Sicily)

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Primary responses

Evacuations

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Secondary responses

  • Rebuilding of infrastructure

  • People moving back into their homes

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Primary effects

  • Clouds of ash

  • Pyroclastic flows

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Secondary effects

affecting air quality, transportation, agriculture, and tourism - chances of getting lung cancer increased due to ash in the air