EPISODE · Oct 29, 2017 · 54 MIN
Episode 54: The Lake Nyos disaster
from Disaster Area
You don't expect a lake to just explode. But in 1986, Lake Nyos in Cameroon did exactly that on a hot August night, sending a jet of water skyward. The water wasn't the problem, however. The real problem was a mysterious something which killed over 1700 people and thousands of head of livestock.
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