T3 Wk 5 - Rain Causes Lahars on Tongariro

1. Read the article
2. Answer the following questions in your Literacy book. Be sure to remember the date and the title.

Questions:
1. What is a lahar?
2. Why do you think parts of State Highway 46 were closed because of the lahar?
3. What is the name given to a person who studies volcanoes?
4. What has caused the lahar?
5. Is the volcano considered dangerous at the moment? Why/Why not?

Mount Tongariro Erupts!

1. Read the articles
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10825125
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/7428251/Mt-Tongariro-eruption-cancels-flights
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/mt-tongariro-eruption-ash-cloud-causes-disruption-5009957
2. Answer the questions below in your book.

Questions:
1. What was the eruption compared to in the articles?
2. What came out of the volcano during the eruption?
3. What did the eruption sound like?
4. Why did Rosenberg say this could be the beginning of more eruptions?
5. What effect has the eruption had on the surrounding area?
6. What is the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management advising?
7. How did NZ Herald reporter Jaimee Morton describe the ash?
8. What is the name of the other NZ volcano that had a small eruption on Monday?
9. What does the word 'dormant' mean?
10. In what year did Mount Tongaririo last erupt?
11. What is the danger to planes that has caused flights to be cancelled?
12. How could this eruption affect us, in Palmerston North, and what should we do?