Episode 833
Lake Nyos disaster
Wed, 2019-Aug-14 01:44 UTC
Length - 1:51
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On 21 August 1986, a limnic eruption at Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon killed 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.
The eruption triggered the sudden release of about 100,000–300,000 tons (1.6m tons, according to some sources) of carbon dioxide (CO2). The gas cloud initially rose at nearly 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) and then, being heavier than air, descended onto nearby villages, displacing all the air and suffocating people and livestock within 25 kilometres (16 mi) of the lake. A degassing system has since been installed at the lake, with the aim of reducing the concentration of CO2 in the waters and therefore the risk of further eruptions.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:44 UTC on Wednesday, 14 August 2019.
For the full current version of the article, see Lake Nyos disaster on Wikipedia.
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