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Mt. Vesuvius, Italy- 79 AD
This particular eruption killed 16,000 people and it took over 1500 years for the cities to be excavated and discovered -
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Ilopango, El Salvador
This eruption was thought to have destroyed Mayan cities, and the skies were filled with ash and dust for a year. -
Laki, Iceland
The aftermath of this volcanic eruption included a famine that killed over 10,000 Icelandic people, and toxins that traveled south and killed 23,000 people in Britain. -
Mt. Unzen, Japan
The explosion generated a massive landslide that buried an entire city and caused a tsunami. -
Mt. Tambora, Indonesia
This volcanic eruption was the most powerful in 500 years and killed up to 120,000 people. -
Krakatoa, Indonesia
This eruption was four times more powerful than the largest bomb that humans have detonated and completely destroyed the island on which it resided. -
Mt. Pelee, Carribean
When this volcano that was thought to be dormant erupted, only 2 of the 28,000 living in St. Pierre survived. -
Santa Maria, Guatemala
This eruption was caused by a series of earthquakes, and cost well over a million dollars in damages. -
Nevado del Ruiz, Columbia
The resulting mudflow destroyed the town of Armero, killing 20,000 people -
Mount Pinatubo, Philippines
While this disaster only killed 772 people, more than 200,000 people were left homeless