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Mount Pelee Volcanic Hazards
Tephra falls
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Gases
Mudflows
Pyroclastic Flows
Landslides
Tsunami
Global Hazard Map
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LANDSLIDES and DEBRIS AVALANCHES 
 
Mode d'action : blast, impact of carted elements, wrenching, transport, burial
Distance : (averae) : 5-10 km - (max) : > 100 km
Temperature : 0-200 °C
Speed: (average) 20 m/s
 
possible tsunami(tidal wave)
Total destruction of human infrastructures and vegetation
Rupture of the networks.
Topographic changes

On humans: death
 
 
Landslides and Debris Avalanches hazard map
for Mt. Pelee Volcano 
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