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The Nyos Killer Lake Eruption Disaster 1986
The in-depth story of the Lake Nyos Limnic Eruption Disaster. It is an ordinary day for Doctor Emmanuel Ngu Mbi on August 22, 1986. The chief of the Subum village’s health center in North West ...
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The tragic lake that 'erupted' and killed thousands
On August 21, 1986, Lake Nyos, an otherwise calm lake, erupted and released a large cloud of carbon dioxide (CO2), suffocating over 1,700 people and countless animals by displacing the oxygen ...
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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 ...