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TASK B

• What is Continental Drift?
• Continental Drift is the slow movement
• Of the continents across the earth's surface over time.

(TASK H) MOUNT PINATUBO

• On the 12th of June until the 15th of June 1991, Mount Pinatubo erupted.
• The eruption caused many damages to the community.
• 200,000 people were homeless.
• 81,654 houses were damaged or destroyed by the volcanic eruption.
• 18,000 hectares of forest was buried by ash falls.

MOUNT PINATUBO

• Around 722 people died because of the damages that the volcano caused.
• 184 people were injured and 23 people went missing.
• Crops, personal property and infrastructure damages cost $443 million over
• 1991 to 1992.

MOUNT PINATUBO

• The eruption of Mount Pinatubo caused weather changes like global cooling.
• Also the sunrises & sunsets were brighter from the ash and gas in the air.
• The Island of Luzon felt the damages caused by the eruption for many years.