1. You may have infectious disease, respiratory illness, burns, injuries from falls, and vehicle accidents related to the slippery, hazy conditions caused by ash.
2. Many lives can be lost as a result of a volcanic eruption.
3. Lava flows and lahars can destroy settlements and clear areas of woodland or agriculture.
4. Ground shaking, ground rupture, landslides, tsunamis, and liquefaction.
5. Structural damage and fire.
