How Lake Nyos, a West African Lake, Killed 1800 People
Bill Evans/USGS, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain The evening of August 21, 1986, was like any other night around Lake Nyos, a deep crater lake high on the slopes of the Massif du Mbam mountain range in northwest Cameroon. Some residents of the local villages huddled around their cooking fires, tucking into a late dinner. Many others, tired from a busy day at the market, were already asleep in their grass-roofed huts. Around 9:30 p.m., those who remained awake heard a strange rumbling noise coming from the direction of Lake Nyos. Within minutes, nearly 1800 people would be dead. That night,...
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