The Lake That Killed a Village Overnight | Lake Nyos

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