Friday, November 18, 2011

Largest Eruption for Africa's Nyamuragira Volcano this Century


November 16, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZeDUnC8gjg
This is a video reporting on the eruption of Africa's Democratic Republic of Congo's Nyamuragira volcano. Scientists believe that it is the volcanoes largest eruption to happen in a century.

Africa's most active volcano Nyamuragira  located in Democratic Republic of Congo began erupting on Sunday night. The volcano is located about 25 miles north of the town of Goma and is located where there is a critically endangered population of mountain gorillas. The volcano erupted 27 times since 1938 and this eruption was one of the largest for the volcano to happen this century. Scientists monitoring the volcanic activity say that the surrounding population located in Goma, the gorillas and the wildlife does not appear to be in danger at this time, so no evacuations have been made. The eruptions have been described as an amazing fire show and tourist treks to the mountain are continuing as usual.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/111108/drc-congo-nyamuragira-volcano-erupts-virunga-mountain-gorillas

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