From Kilauea to Fuego: three things you should know about volcano risk
- Written by Heather Handley, Associate Professor in Volcanology and Geochemistry, Macquarie University
Recent photographs and video from the devastating eruption of Fuego volcano in Guatemala show people stood watching and filming hot, cloud-like flows of gas, ash and volcanic material (known as pyroclastic flows) travelling towards them down the slopes of the volcano.
From this it is clear that some people do not fully understand the risks of the...
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