The world's 'deadliest lake' that caused 1,700 fatalities in seconds
On the day of the disaster, farmers living near the blue-watered lake heard rumbling, and then saw a frothy spray shoot ...
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The Deadly Lake That Killed a Village – The Lake Nyos Disaster
On August 22, 1986, the villagers near Lake Nyos in Cameroon went to sleep, unaware of the silent disaster about to strike. By morning, 1,746 people and thousands of animals lay dead. No explosion ...
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Investigating the silent seeds of disaster in two lakes
Two disasters occurred in this volcanic line in the 1980s. Huge amounts of CO2 suddenly exploded from Lake Monoun and Lake Nyos, which are crater lakes--lakes that form over volcanic craters--and ...
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This picturesque lake in Africa is hiding a terrifying and deadly secret
The other two lakes, Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun both experienced eruptions. The bigger eruption at Lake Nyos led to the release of carbon dioxide into the air, suffocating more than 1,700 people.
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Magmatic Fluid Supply into Lakes Nyos and Monoun, and Mitigation of Natural Disasters through Capacity Building in Cameroon
In the 1980s, limnic eruptions occurred at two crater lakes, Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun, in which large quantities of CO 2 that had collected on the lake bottom suddenly erupted to the surface. 1,800 ...