Top 10 Deadliest Volcano Disasters In History

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1. Thoughts are with the people of Tonga.

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2. Mt. Pelée barely had any warnings? Terrifying.

3. These eruptions are insane and scary

4. I'll never forget the pictures of Omayra Sanchez. She was a 13 year old girl caught in the mud after Nevado Del Ruiz erupted. She couldn't be rescued and died 60 hours later. A news crew documented the entire thing.

5. surprised taal wasn't there.

6. today vesuvius is dead volcano 1944 was last eruption of dying vesuvius….it will never erupt again

7. Samalas had the most devastating eruption in the last 10000 years. Samalas eruption was far stronger than that of tambora, but since the discovery was until 2013, almost nobody knows about it.

8. Mt. Saint Helens?

9. Man, Indonesia's volcano actually won't stop to even kill people on the other side of the planet! like wtf man..

   We need to be careful and well prepare if something as big as Tambora, Shamalas or even Toba would be erupted again in the near future..

   Please stay safe everyone(⁠｡⁠•́⁠︿⁠•̀⁠｡⁠)..

10. I rebuke that

11. Toba blasted 13,200km3 74'000 years ago the pyroclastic flows traveled 500km in all directions that's 310 miles in every single direction

12. Hi there I am nick I am a jr volcanologist with the usgs ask me questions about super volcanos 🌋 and I will reply to your questions when I can

13. Terrifying and amazing 🌋

14. um its not lehar its l a h a r

15. No mention of Illiayapongo, another super volcano, an eruption which created another famine across Europe

16. Interesting the 18th century eruption of Laki in Iceland was missed off the list. It is believed to have indirectly caused more deaths through starvation etc even than Krakatau for example.

17. The evacuation at Mont Pelee wasn't prevented by the sudden eruption (it wasn't "sudden") but by the local government for political reasons – an election was due.

18. I hated the Mount Vesuvius Italy

19. what is the most strongest volcano in the world can you video.

20. Movie just say where is Pinatubo and taal

21. Most of the deaths were from tsunami from Krakatau

22. Laki eruption wasn’t mentioned

23. I wish there was a way to get rid of the music. ☹️

24. Mt vesuvius

25. Its a long time I don't talk and study about volcanos and there deadly destructions and killed millions.

26. its scary to think half these volcanoes on this list are active

27. Taupo in new Zealand, a supervolcano, could erupt soon. There are earthquake swarms that occur every few weeks in the lake. A very large earthquake occurred a few months ago, it was magnitude 5.8

28. 4 of the deadly Volcanos located in Indonesia. Kelud, Samalas, Krakatoa, Tambora. As Indonesia is a country with the most volcanos in the wolrd. 127 Volcanos

29. They also had an ep of that old 90s Dinosaurs series that ended with dinosaurkind having their fate sealed. It started when turns out most of those Bunch Beetles that normally eat those cider poppies, turned out to be dead because their habitat was destroyed for a wax fruit company. Those cider poppies grow all over the area rapidly, then the company tries to solve the issue by bombing the world with defoliating spray, which turns out to strip the world of plant life! And then they think dropping bombs in volcanoes will make it rain. Instead, they totally blocked out the sunlight, making the global temperature greatly drop which would last for thousands of years, so therefore erased all hope for dinosaurs.

30. They mention in that DuckTales movie by the Genie (voice of Rip Taylor) found in Collie Baba's treasure formerly granted wishes for an evil sorcerer guy named Merlock (voice of Christopher Lloyd) who first wished to live forever, then later wished to have Atlantis to be destroyed because he couldn't get a reservation there, and one time was so enraged he wished to have Mt. Vesuvius blow its top long ago in the days of Pompeii.

31. Indonesia needs to fix their volcano problem

32. Mt. Pinatubo: EXCUSE YOU, I COVERED THE PHILIPPINES WITH ASH-
    Edit: Mt. Pinatubo's 1991 Eruption was "Second-Largest-Terrestial Volcanic Eruption".

33. THE VOLCANO JUST EXPLODED!

34. IT JUST ERUPTED!!!!!!!!!!

35. POV as Mt Pinatubo: whhaaaahhahahahahahah erupts again

36. I'm surprised that the icelandtic eruption in the 1700 wasn't on this list. The after effects may have caused the french revolution and the server snow storm for united states

37. Crackatowaa that is funny

38. I am waiting, I live on the flanks of Piton de la Fournaise…

39. I'm from Guatemala, and listening to Watch mojo talk about something that happened to my country more than a century ago makes me feel something unexplainable, but also thanks Watch mojo for taking the Santa María disaster into acount :,)

40. In Guatemala 1541 Volcano called De Agua, erased the capital city, in 2018 De Fuego Volcano killed around 500 people and videos are spectacular…

41. 5:23 I watched this in Geography and my teacher burst out laughing and said that everyone was probably wondering where the sound of a giant stubbing his toe came from😂

42. Santa Maria killed 30,000 people.

43. I live in Indonesia, we're definitely edging everyday.

44. — V.E.I. ranking(s):

    • Comfirmed:

    1). Mt. Tambora, Indonesia (April of 1815) — VEI-7 [9:43]
    • Fatalities: 70,000 – 200,000 people (est.).

    2). Krakatoa, Indonesia (August 27th, 1883) — VEI-6 [8:23]
    • Fatalities: 36,000 people.

    3). Mt. Pelée, Martinique (May 8th, 1902) — VEI-4 [7:21]
    • Fatalities: 30,000 people.

    4). Nevado del Ruiz, Columbia (November 13th, 1985) — VEI-3 (est.) [6:20]
    • Fatalities: Up to 25,000 people, from lahars.

    5). Mt. Thera (aka, the Minoan Eruption), Greece (c. 1642-1540 B.C.) — VEI-7 [5:13]
    • Fatalities: As yet unknown; 20,000 people presumably.

    6). Mt. Samalas, Indonesia (c. 1257) — VEI-7 (est.) [4:16]
    • Fatalities: Thousands (est.).

    7). Mt. Unzen, Japan (May of 1792) — VEI-2 (est.) [3:22]
    • Fatalities: 15,000 people (est.).

    8). Mt. Vesuvius, Italy (August 24th, 79 A.D.) — VEI-5 [2:15]
    • Fatalities: 1,500-16,000 people (est.).

    9). Kelud, Indonesia (c. 1586) — VEI-5 [1:25]
    • Fatalities: 10,000 people (est.).

    10). Santa María, Guatemala (October of 1902) — VEI-6 (est.) [0:42]
    • Fatalities: 6,000 people.

    • Dishonorable Mention(s):

    ▪︎ Mt. Paektu, the Chinese-North Korean border (c. 946 A.D.) — VEI-7
    A). Fatalities: Thousands (est.).

    ▪︎ Lake Ilopango, El Salvador (c. 535-536 A.D.) — VEI-6
    A). Fatalities: 30,000 people (est.).

    ▪︎ Laki, Iceland (1783-1874) — VEI-6
    A). Fatalities: Upwards of 6,000,000 people, on multiple continents (est.); 20,000 of those in Iceland alone.

    ▪︎ Mt. Pinatubo, the Phillapines (June 12th-15th, 1991) — VEI-6
    A). Fatalities: 800 people (est).

    ▪︎ Huaynaputina, Peru (1600) — VEI-6
    A). Fatalities: 1,600 people, in Peru alone.

    ▪︎ The Mayon Volcano, the Philippines (1814) — VEI-3 or 4 (est.)
    A). Fatalities: 1,000 people (est.).

    ▪︎ Mt. Nyrigongo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2002) — VEI-1 or 2
    A). Fatalities: 240 people (est.).

    ▪︎ Mt. St. Helens, Washington State (May 18th, 1980) — VEI-5
    A). Fatalities: 57 people.

    — Edit(s):

    • "V.E.I." — Volcanic Explosivity Index, aka the V.E.I. Scale (measures the natural explosive power of a volcanic eruption
    on a scale of 0 to 8).

    • "Est." ("Estimated") — Not an official V.E.I. rating; rather, a rough estimate.

45. 🙏

46. No Mt Pinatubo

47. I will never forget the Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii considering I did and still do live there and was there to experience it earthquakes and all.

48. Oh I’m so happy they mentioned herculanium here. It’s always just Pompeii so I really appreciate this video

49. Krakatoa actually killed 120,000 on the higher end

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