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How are volcanoes dangerous?

Nuee Ardente

Many of us are familiar with Pompeii, the Italian village that was buried in ash when Vesuvius blew. The villagers were caught offguard and probably died when the volcano produced a nuee ardente, a hot cloud of poison gas. The cloud rolled down the mountainside and spilled into the village, killing the residents.

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