Is World’s Deadliest Volcano Ready To Explode?
When it erupted, the island of Sumbawa was obliterated. The caldera collapsed, following some months of heavy activity. Most of the island’s population was killed and its vegetation was reduced to ashes. Some trees were uprooted and pushed into the sea along with ash, creating three-mile-long rafts. And tsunamis generated by the explosion affected islands nearby.
But its destructive power wasn’t just limited to that area. It affected the entire world. The volcano’s ash rose into a column that reached 140,000 feet (43 kilometers) high, right into the stratosphere. The United States experienced extreme frosts and heavy snow well into July, ruining everything in the fields. The same happened elsewhere, causing a worldwide famine. This famine helped to spread a new strain of cholera in Asia and a typhus epidemic in southeast Europe and the eastern Mediterranean.
So what’s happening today?
Experts are now saying that Mount Tambora is ready to erupt again. A steady stream of earthquakes are shaking the island, from less than five a month in April to more than 200 now. Columns of ash are already venting as high as 4,600 feet.
According to experts, Tambora is on the verge of another eruption. No one knows how big it would be, but the signs are: “watch out!”
The local authorities are warning residents, and have set a 2-mile danger perimeter. Locals are well aware of the volcano’s history and most are fleeing. Even some outside of the 2-mile perimeter are fleeing.
Nobody knows for sure if Mount Tambora will explode with the same intensity as it did in 1815 and nobody knows when it will explode. But we know it’s waking up, and that’s not go
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