Answer:
Volcanic eruptions can result in additional threats to health, such as floods, mudslides, power outages, drinking water contamination, and wildfires. Those living farther away are likely to avoid complete destruction, but their cities and towns, crops, industrial plants, transportation systems, and electrical grids can still be damaged by tephra, ash, lahars, and flooding.
Other key facts:
- Ash also poses a threat to ecosystems, including people and animals. Carbon dioxide and fluorine, gases that can be toxic to humans, can collect in volcanic ash. The resulting ashfall can lead to crop failure, animal death and deformity, and human illness.
- Exposure to ash can be harmful. Infants, elderly people, and people with respiratory conditions such as asthma, emphysema, and other chronic lung diseases may have problems if they breathe in volcanic ash.
- Most gases from a volcano quickly blow away. However, heavy gases such as carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide can collect in low-lying areas.
- Volcanoes are dangerous. They can kill people and damage property. Economic activity can suffer as it is hard for businesses to operate after an eruption. Habitats and landscapes are damaged by lava flows.
- People choose to live in volcanic areas despite the risks of an eruption. Some tourists are attracted to the volcano, which increases money, geothermal energy can be harnessed, which provides cheaper electricity for locals. minerals are contained in lava, eg diamonds - these can be mined to make money.
Summary:
The most common consequences of volcanic events include loss of life, respiratory illness, and severe economic losses, including destruction or damage to housing, infrastructure, and land.
