Oct. 10, 2024
The Lake That Killed a Village Overnight | Lake Nyos
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A limnic eruption at a lake caused the surrounding villages to look like the aftermath of a neutron bomb. This natural catastrophe in Cameroon wiped out thousands of people and livestock in a single night.
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Sources
- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gas-cloud-kills-cameroon-villagers
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos_disaster
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4285878.stm
- https://explorersweb.com/the-1986-deadly-gas-blanket-from-lake-nyos/
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/defusing-africas-killer-lakes-88765263/
- Anthony Bangsi's Eyewitness Account
- National Library of Medicine