Cyclones and Volcanoes

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Cyclones and Volcanoes

• What a week that was!

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• The Chaiten volcano has started to erupt for the
  first time in over 9,000 years.
• Located in southern Chile, Chaiten is a small
  provincial city and home to several thousand
  people.

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• The eruption caused a red alert in Chile and
  Argentina.
• Volcanoes can effect the climate globally but it
  needs to emit over one million tons of sulphur
  dioxide into the atmosphere. So far this eruption
  has only released a couple of thousand tons but
  experts are watching closely.

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• Plumes of ash are rising over 20 miles and
  causing schools to close in neighbouring
  Argentina.
• Residents have been issued with gas masks and
  been told to stay indoors.

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• About 1,500 people have evacuated with about 30
  remaining who may be removed by force as the
  volcano starts to erupt properly spewing out
  molten lava.

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• In Myanmar, Cyclone Nargis cut a path of
  destruction through the country leaving over
  20,000 confirmed dead and over 60,000 missing.

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• The United Nations fears that over 1.5 million
  people have been affected by the Cyclone. Myanmar
  (formerly Burma) is controlled by a strict
  military regime.

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• Hundreds of thousands are without food, water or
  shelter and vulnerable to dengue fever and
  malaria. Despite this, the miltary rulers are
  refusing to allow aid workers into the country.
• The situation is set to worsen with heavy rains
  forecast next week.

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Now an Earthquake!

• The death toll after a 7.8-magnitude quake in
  south-western China rises to at least 10,000,
  state media says, with rescuers yet to reach
  victims at the epicentre.

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• Homes, schools, chemical factories and at least
  one hospital have all collapsed. In one district
  alone, Beichuan, 80 of buildings collapsed,
  killing up to 5,000 people.

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