Negative Impacts Positive Impacts Strategies to reduce the impacts

*IMPACT OF VOLCANOES

*NEGATIVE IMPACTS

*Destruction of homes & property, leaving many homeless

*Damage of infrastructure e.g. bridges, roads and railways

*The ash from volcanoes may makes breathing difficult and can cause health problems such as asthma and coughs

*Destroy the environment and may ignite forest fires

*Injuries & deaths

*Disruption of daily activities, transportation due to poor visibility

*POSITIVE IMPACTS

*Volcanic ash provide nutrients to the soil

*Produce Geothermal Energy

*Groundwater heated by rising magma is used for domestic heating and to generate electricity

*Presence of rocks & minerals. Mining industries set up around the volcanoes to harvest them

*Attract tourists to the volcanic areas

*STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THE IMPACTS

*Setting up a Monitoring center to observe volcanic activity

*If the level of volcanic activity will present any danger to people living near to volcano, Exclusion zones have to be declare

*Early warning should be issue to people living in the danger zone of active volcanoes

*With the early warning, people can quickly evacuate to a safer zone