The Eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano Colombia, South America, November 13, 1985 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano Colombia, South America, November 13, 1985 write by National Research Council. This book was released on 1991-02-01. The Eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano Colombia, South America, November 13, 1985 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On November 13, 1985, catastrophic mudflows swept down the slopes of the erupting Nevado del Ruiz volcano, destroying structures in their paths. Various estimates of deaths ranged as high as 24,000 residents. Though the nature and extent of risk posed by the mudflows to local communities were well documented before the event and extensive efforts had been made to communicate this information to those at risk, the affected communities were caught largely unaware. This volume analyzes the disaster's many aspects: the extent, constitution, and behavior of the mudflows; the nature of damage to structures; the status of the area's disaster warning system; and the extent of the area's disaster preparedness, emergency response actions, and disaster relief effortsâ€"both at the time of the disaster and in the first few months following the event.
Eruption!
Eruption! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eruption! write by Elizabeth Rusch. This book was released on 2013-06-18. Eruption! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “At 11:35 p.m., as Radio Armero played cheerful music, a towering wave of mud and rocks bulldozed through the village, roaring like a squadron of fighter jets.” Twenty-three thousand people died in the 1985 eruption of Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz. Today, more than one billion people worldwide live in volcanic danger zones. In this riveting nonfiction book—filled with spectacular photographs and sidebars—Rusch reveals the perilous, adrenaline-fueled, life-saving work of an international volcano crisis team (VDAP) and the sleeping giants they study, from Colombia to the Philippines, from Chile to Indonesia.
Monitoring and Mitigation of Volcano Hazards
Monitoring and Mitigation of Volcano Hazards - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Monitoring and Mitigation of Volcano Hazards write by Roberto Scarpa. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Monitoring and Mitigation of Volcano Hazards available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. By the year 2000, the number of people at risk from volcanic hazards is likely to increase to around half a billion. Since 1980, significant advances have been made in volcano monitoring, the data from which provides the sole scientific basis for eruption prediction. Here, internationally renowned and highly experienced specialists provide 25 comprehensive articles covering a wide range of related topics: monitoring techniques and data analysis; modelling of monitoring data and eruptive phenomena; volcanic hazards and risk assessment; and volcanic emergency management. Selected case histories of recent volcanic disasters, such as Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, demonstrate that effective communication - between scientists, civil authorities, the media and the population at risk - is essential to reducing the danger.
Beyond Nootka
Beyond Nootka - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond Nootka write by Lindsay John Elms. This book was released on 1996. Beyond Nootka available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Global Volcanic Hazards and Risk
Global Volcanic Hazards and Risk - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Global Volcanic Hazards and Risk write by Susan C. Loughlin. This book was released on 2015-07-24. Global Volcanic Hazards and Risk available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first comprehensive assessment of global volcanic hazards and risk, with detailed regional profiles, for the disaster risk reduction community. Also available as Open Access.
