DrQ
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This lake can explode without warning, kill thousands of people and animals
Saturated with carbon dioxide and methane, it has the potential to cause catastrophic explosions without warning.

This lake can explode without warning, kill thousands of people
Saturated with carbon dioxide and methane, Lake Kivu has the potential to cause catastrophic explosions without warning.


How did Lake Nyos suddenly kill 1,700 people?
One evening, people heard their local lake rumbling. A day and a half later, 1,700 people were dead. What happened on that fateful night?
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