philippines pinatubo

philippines pinatubo
What can you tell me about the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991?

"The volcano's eruption in June of 1991 has arrived After 635 years of dormancy, and produced one of the largest and most violent eruptions of the 20th century. Successful predictions of the onset of the climactic eruption led to the evacuation tens of thousands of people from surrounding areas, saving many lives, but as the surrounding areas were severely damaged by pyroclastic flows, ash deposits, and later, lahars caused by rainwater remobilising earlier volcanic deposits, thousands of homes were destroyed. "Way more than I can fit it in the pages of Wikipedia. Also a good article about it on About.com link below.


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