FactPack: Extreme Eruptions
This film, from Twig World, reveals some of the most active, and the most potentially devastating, volcanoes on Earth.
The key points made in the film are:
•Nevado Del Ruiz in Colombia erupted in 1985, causing mudslides that killed 25,000 people.
•Stromboli, Italy, is one of the world's most active volcanoes - it erupts almost continuously.
•A dormant super volcano lies beneath Yellowstone National Park, USA.
•If Yellowstone's volcano erupts it will devastate North America.
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Anak Krakatau erupting 435.43 KB
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Lanin Volcano in Argentina 363.25 KB
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Mount Fuji 303.09 KB
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Mount Kilauea 688.04 KB
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Popocatepetl Volcano 277.26 KB