Multiple Choice
What was unusual about the 1986 volcano-related disaster near Lake Nyos in Cameroon?
A) A volcanic eruption involved a lateral blast of volcanoclastic debris that no one anticipated.
B) Pyroclastic flows buried surrounding villages,reminiscent of Pompeii ~1,900 years earlier.
C) Volcanically derived carbon dioxide gas bubbled from the lake and suffocated people and animals nearby.
D) A slurry of lava and lake water flowed rapidly outward from the lake and buried surrounding villages.
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