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THE SECOND LARGEST ERUPTION OF THE 20TH CENTURY
REMEMBERING THE HISTORIC ERUPTION OF MOUNT PINATUBO, THE PHILIPPINES JUNE 12, 1991 THE SECOND LARGEST ERUPTION OF THE 20TH CENTURY Other Supercourse lectures on Volcanic eruption Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA
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MOUNT PINATUBO: QUIET FOR 450-500 YEARS BEFORE ERUPTING
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VOLCANO HAZARDS (AKA POTENTIAL DISASTER AGENTS)
VERTICAL PLUME LAVA FLOWS LATERAL BLASTS LAHARS EARTHQUAKES (related to movement of lava)
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NATURAL HAZARDS FOR WHICH EVACUATION IS TYPICAL
FLOODS GOAL: MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF HARM’S WAY HURRICANES HIGH BENEFIT/COST FOR SAVING LIVES, BUT LOW BEMEFIT/COST FOR PROTECTING PROPERTY TYPHOONS TSUNAMIS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS WILDFIRES
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USGS US AIR FORCE PHILVOS
SOURCE OF PHOTOGRAPHS USGS US AIR FORCE PHILVOS
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MOUNT PINATUBO’S FIRST PRECURSORS OF THE ERUPTION
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PHILVOS: MONITORING GROUND SWELLING (ANOTHER PRECURSOR)
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MOUNT PINATUBO: VERTICAL PLUME REACHES 19 KM: JUNE 12
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LOURDES DESTROYED BY LAHARS WITHIN HOURS AFTER THE ERUPTION
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MOUNT PINATUBO BLOWS ITS TOP: JUNE 15, 1991
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THE JUNE 15TH CALDERA COLLAPSE LOWERED PINATUBO’S ELEVATION 1,000 FT
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LATERAL BLAST: 5:55 AM, JUNE 15
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CARS COVERED WITH VOLCANIC ASH: JUNE 16
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DC-10 AT CLARK AIR FORCE BASE COVERED WITH ASH: JUNE 17
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CLARK AIR FORCE COVERED WITH ASH: JUNE 24
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RIVER WIDENED BY LOCAL FLOODING AND LAHARS
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The eruption ejected roughly 10 billion metric tons (10 cubic km) of magma, and 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide.
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The eruption injected large amounts of aerosols into the stratosphere – more than any eruption since that of krakatoa in 1883.
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Lahars that occurred immediately after the eruption, and rejuvenated during subsequent rainy seasons, have destroyed over 100,000 homes.
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Global temperatures dropped by about 0.5 degree C.
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