Tephra fall impacts to buildings: the 2017–2018 Manaro Voui eruption, Vanuatu

• Main Authors: Jenkins, Susanna F., McSporran, Ame, Wilson, Thomas M., Stewart, Carol, Leonard, Graham, Cevuard, Sandrine, Garaebiti, Esline
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; Ambae eruption; Building damage
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/180618
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Building damage from tephra falls can have a substantial impact on exposed communities around erupting volcanoes. There are limited empirical studies of tephra fall impacts on buildings, with none on tephra falls impacting traditional thatched timber buildings, despite their prevalence across South...