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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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