Is US government working on secret evacuation plan in case Yellowstone megavolcano erupts?
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- Conspiracy theorists claim US citizens could be relocated to Australia, Brazil, and Argentina
- Last eruption was 70,000 years ago
- Volcano could be reclassified as 'extinct' - despite researchers recently finding it was 2.5 times bigger than they thought
Millions of U.S. citizens could end up in Brazil, Australia, or Argentina if the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, it has been claimed.
South African news website Praag claims the African National Congress was offered $10 billion a year for 10 years if it would build temporary housing for Americans in case of an eruption as part of contingency plans being drawn up.
Bloggers and conspiracy theorists have spent weeks debating the plans since it was claimed video showed animals fleeing the area - even though park rangers said they were in fact scared by tourists.
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This map from the U.S. Geological Service shows the range of the volcanic ash that was deposited after the three huge eruptions over the last 2.1 million years. It is claimed contingency plans for another eruption could include relocating millions to other countries.
PREVIOUS ERUPTIONS
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there have been three major eruptions of the Yellowstone supervolcano in the last few million years.
The first was about 2.1 million years ago, and the second occurred 1.3 million years ago.
The last major eruption was 640,000 years ago.
'It was a spring-like day and they were frisky. Contrary to online reports, it's a natural occurrence and not the end of the world,' park spokeswoman Amy Bartlett said.
If the world's biggest volcano erupted, much of the US would be left covered in ash.
However, researchers say there are no signs of an imminent eruption.
'The chance of that happening in our lifetimes is exceedingly insignificant,' said Peter Cervelli, associate director for science and technology at the U.S. Geological Survey's Volcano Science Center in California.
One recent study of the massive supervolcano beneath Yellowstone National Park in the US - which researchers recently found was 2.5 times bigger than they thought - could actually soon be dead.
Researchers analysed water and gas, and said it could already be on its deathbed.
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