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Lake Nyos limnic eruption in Cameroon
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Latest: Lake Nyos disaster: 40 years since deadly gas release in Cameroon
On August 21, 1986, a massive limnic eruption occurred at Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon. A sudden release of dissolved carbon dioxide from the lake’s depths created a dense, invisible gas cloud that flowed into near