M02-3: Pico Pequeno eruptions 2014, revisited

After you’ve produced your first story map using the content provided, your next task is to produce a story map about the 2014 eruption of Pico Pequeno with content you select yourself. The annotat-ed list of links below should narrow down the vast amount of material available on the Internet. Nevertheless, you’re welcome to search the Internet yourself.

Internet sources regarding the Pico Pequeno eruptions 2014:

Wikipedia (2015): Pico do Fogo. – Short summary of the volcano eruptions in 1995 and 2014 picking up the subject of international media coverage, too.

BBC (2014): Cape Verde residents evacuated as Pico do Fogo volcano erupts. – Article in BBC of the 24 November 2015 describing shortly the happenings on Fogo.

Marc -Volcano- Szeglat (2014): Volcano Fogo: Eruption destroyed houses. – High Quality video of the volcano eruption.

SAPO (2014): Ash plume of the first day. – Picture of ash plume taken from a TACV plane.

SAPO Notícias (2015): Picture of 25 Feburary. – Picture of the final lava flow.

Smithsonian Institution (2015): Fogo. – Very detailed site about the whole volcano eruption.

Wikipedia (2015): Picture of Chã das Caldeiras. – Picture of Chã das Caldeiras taken from an airplane.

Agência Lusa (2014): Vulcão do Fogo está em erupção e obriga a evacuar Chã das Caldeiras. – Portuguese internet news site with the first news of the first eruption day.

Duyck, B. (2014): The eruption of Fogo volcano: an human drama! Picture. – A nice google earth visualisation of the lava flow taken off this site.

Sorry, no longer available. Livestream (2015): Erupção Vulcão do Fogo. – Many videos (also in high quality) of the eruption showing the actual eruption, interviews, houses being damaged.

Rietze, M. (2014): Fogo eruption. – High quality fast forward video scenes of the volcano eruption but with only short scenes about houses being destroyed and without showing any people.

Rothery, D. (2015): Why have we heard so little about the devastating Cape Verde volcano? – Blog entry about why the volcano eruption is not much covered by media with a provocative question about media’s coverage.

U.S. Geological Survey (1998): Eruption of 1995. – USGS report about volcano eruption in 1995.

Author: US, Update 2024