What was unusual about the 1986 volcano-related disaster near Lake Nyos in Cameroon?
A)A volcanic eruption involved a lateral blast of volcanoclastic debris that no one anticipated.
B)Pyroclastic flows buried surrounding villages,reminiscent of Pompeii ~1,900 years earlier.
C)Volcanically derived carbon dioxide gas bubbled from the lake and suffocated people and animals nearby.
D)A slurry of lava and lake water flowed rapidly outward from the lake and buried surrounding villages.

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The 1986 disaster near Lake Nyos in Cameroon was unusual because volcanically derived carbon dioxide gas bubbled from the lake and suffocated people and animals nearby. This event is known as a limnic eruption, which is a rare type of natural disaster that can occur when carbon dioxide gas accumulates in a volcanic lake and is suddenly released.

What Was Unusual About the 1986 Volcano-Related Disaster near Lake