What caused the most damage, destruction and death?
- Ten of thousands of people had to leave their homes - A lot of crops & many other plants got burned - Left more than 200,000 people with out a home - 722 People died cause of the eruption What was the cost both in lives and dollars? - $250 million in property -20000 lives were saved What was the size of the area affected? - 1486/ 4,875 feet How did the area begin recovery? - Not expecting another eruption for hundreds of years - Started to build resettlement camps - There was a change around the mountain |