Pyroclastic flow

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A major eruption started at the Indonesian Sinabung volcano at 23:42 UTC on March 1, 2021, ejecting ash up to 12.2 km (40 000 feet) above sea level.

Pyroclastic flows are one of the biggest volcanic hazards. The dreaded glowing clouds come quietly and quickly.

Mount Sinabung—a volcano in Indonesia—has erupted 220 times in the past week and displaced more than 20,000 local villagers.

Lava dream meaning. Dream about lava pouring out from cracks. Running away from fiery lava. Lava cooled down. Biblical meaning of lava in dream. Falling into lava. Lava under you feet. Lava floods. Escaping lava. Lava not burning.

Pyroclastic flows travelling down the flanks of Bulkang Mayon during its 2001 eruption (VEI 3, Strombolian-Vulcanian).

Krakatau pyroclastic flow by hshdude, via Flickr

Volcanoes can kill you in plenty of horrific ways, but it's hard to beat the spectacular and terrifying fire of a pyroclastic flow. So what happens to you when you find yourself on the business end of one?

Pyroclastic flow across water

A Pyroclastic Flow coming near you

A volcano's pyroclastic flow is composed of destructive and deadly pieces of rock, ash and hot gas.

Image courtesy: USGS Beautifully symmetrical Mayon volcano, which rises to 2462 m above the Albay Gulf, is the Philippines' most active volcano. The structurally simple volcano has steep upper slopes averaging 35-40 degrees that are capped by a small summit crater. The historical eruptions of this basaltic-andesitic volcano date back to 1616 and range from strombolian to basaltic plinian, with cyclical activity beginning with basaltic eruptions, followed by longer term andesitic lava flows.

Mayon Volcano, Philippines – September 23, 1984

The astonishing images were taken by daredevil photographer Martin Rietze at the Sinabung volcano in Indonesia

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Pyroclastic flows associated with the vulcanian explosion moving down the Belham Valley.

"Lahar" is an Indonesian word for mudflow at volcanoes. Lahar flows down volcanoes as a mix of mostly water, mud and rock debris (similar to wet concrete).