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A 5 page overview of the costs associated with this volcanic eruption. An overview is provided of the number of lives and types of property lost as well as of the foreign relief effort. The author emphasizes, however, that in effect these costs are only short-term. This paper points out that the long-term costs of the eruption, costs associated with environmental impacts such as global warming, could overshadow short-term costs. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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the Democratic Republic of the Congo has resulted in tremendous loss of life and property. The disaster is reported to be Africas most destructive volcanic eruption in some twenty-five
years (News Services, 2002). Hundreds of thousands of people fled for their lives as fires raged and tremors shook the region (News Services, 2002). An estimated forty-five died
in the actual eruption (News Services, 2002). The death toll continues to mount, however, with events subsequent to but related to the eruption. Block (2002) reports that sixty
people died in one explosion in the center of Goma while trying to get gasoline. Stocking (2002) estimates that sixty-thousand people have lost their homes. Block (2002) estimates that one-third
of the houses in the community and eighty percent of the central business district have been destroyed by the volcano. In addition, two of four hospitals and several schools
in Goma have been destroyed (Block, 2002). The economic costs of the disaster is indeed astronomical. The United States has pledged up
to $3 million to fund relief efforts (Bush, 2002) and this amount has been supplemented by Great Britains pledge of $2.87 million (News Services, 2002). Various charitable organizations have
pitched in as well. The World Food Program, for example, has distributed food to 300,000 people (Stocking, 2002). The problem of restoring water treatment facilities, wastewater facilities and
power to Goma is astronomical in itself. The economic and anthropomorphic devastation wielded by the recent eruption of Mount Nyiragongo is not that
unique on a world scale. Indeed, approximately one in twelve people in the worlds population live close to active volcanoes (Tyson, 1996). Consequently, much of the interest in
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