What to do…

Before the During the

VOLCANIC ERUPTION?
• Each one should be aware of the dangers
that volcanic eruptions pose to lives and be
prepared to face whatever circumstances
the eruption may bring.
• Prepare all the necessary things to bring
VOLCANIC ERUPTION?
• Avoid low lying places.
• Seek to cover in case of ash falls and rock
falls and use mask to cover your nose and
mouth and to avoid breathing in the ashes.
• If inside the house, close all doors and

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once evacuation is needed.
Store as much food, water, light sources and
batteries that are very useful in case of
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windows to avoid letting in the ashes.
Always stay indoors and watch for your kids,
they might be tempted to go out.
VOLCANIC
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emergency.
Prepare masks to cover nose and mouth for
• Stay in the evacuation center and wait for
do not leave until said so. ERUPTION
the ash falls of the volcano. • If trapped, call for Rescue immediately.
• Safety of the kids first before anything else
• Stay alert and stay tuned-in to the radio and After the
television for hazard updates. VOLCANIC ERUPTION?
• Close all doors and windows. This will
• Clear the pathways and canals from ashes
prevent or reduce ashes from getting inside
and debris.
your house when there is an unexpected
• Stay tuned-in to news updates.
ash fall.
• Stay away from damaged power lines.
• Know the evacuation plan of your local
• Check for injured and trapped persons
community and listen to the authorities for
without entering directly into the damaged
instructions.
area. Call for rescue if there are trapped
• Keep your survival kit with you or within
persons.
your reach.
• Make sure that your house is still sale for all
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What to know…
What is a
VOLCANO? Volcano is a rent or rupture in the earth's
layer over which liquefied rock from under the
earth's exterior erupts. According to Haddow,
Bullock and Coppola (2011), eventually volcanoes
will develop "upward and outward", developing
mountains, islands, or large flat plateaus, Volcanic
mountains are formed through the accumulation of
materials, such as lava, ash flows, and plates.
(Hallow, Bullock, and Coppola, 2011, p.47).
CHARACTERISTICS
Volcanic eruption happens when lava
and gas are discharge from a volcanic vent. The
most dangerous type of volcanic eruption is
referred to as a 'glowing avalanche'. This is when
freshly erupted have temperatures of up to
1,200 degrees. The pyroclastic flow is formed
from rock fragments following a volcanic
explosion, the flow surges down the flanks of the
volcano at speed of up to several hundred
kilometers per hour, to distances often up to
10km and occasionally as far as 40 km from the
original disaster site.
Types of
VOLCANIC HAZARDS
• Volcanic Gases- gases released into the
atmosphere from the magma of the volcano
during its eruptions. These gases also remain
below the ground and will rise toward the
surface of the earth and produces Elements
that creates acid rains.
• .
• Lahar- flowing of the hot/cold mixture of
Types of
water and rock materials of a volcano going
downstream through its river valleys and
slopes. While lahar is moving, it looks like a
VOLCANO
Active Volcano - A volcano that has had at least one
eruption during the past 10,000 years. An active volcano
mass of wet concrete that contains
might erupt or dormant.
different rock debris from clay up to
boulders. Large lahars are flowing hundreds Inactive volcano - Inactive volcano is one that could
erupt but has not erupted from more than 10,000 years.
of meters wide and tens of meters in depth.
Inactive volcanoes are also called dormant or sleeping
• Ash Fall- ashes ejected by a volcanic volcanoes.
eruption which consists of every small
Effects of
jagged piece of glass and rock. These ashes
are hard, mildly corrosive, hard, conducts
VOLCANO
electricity when wet, and never dissolve in Dangerous Effect
water. The ash may sometimes become so
Volcanic eruption can cause Earthquakes,
dense that the sunlight gets blocked. There
fast floods, mud slides, and rock falls. Lava
is also a sulfuric smell that occurs during the
can travel very far and burn, bury, or
falls.
damage anything in its path, including
• Pyroclastic flow- high dense mixture of dry
people, houses, and trees. The large amount
and hot fragments of rocks and hot gases
of dust and ash can cause roofs to fall, makes
that move away from the volcano vent and
it hard to breathe, and is normally very
move in high speed. This pyroclastic flow
smelly. The ground around the volcano is
may result from a non-explosive eruption of
not secure and can cause big Earthquakes.
lava when thick lava flow collapses down a
slope. It has two parts: the basal flow of
Good Effect
fragments that is moving along the ground
and a turbulent ash cloud that rises above The main good effect that volcanoes have on
the environment is to give vitamins to the
the volcano's basal flow.
• Lava flows-flows out from the volcano soil around them. Volcano ash contains
consist of molten rocks that ooze from minerals that help plants grow, and if the
eruption. Lava is ejected during explosive ash is very soft, it will quickly get mixed into
and non-explosive lava fountain activities the soil. Another good thing about
and destroys every object in its path. volcanoes is that their sides are often steep
However, the people can have time to move and hard to reach, making them a safe a safe
away from it because of its slow movement. place for plants and animals to live.