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What are the dangers of volcanic eruption?

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The hot ash means blinding if you get in your eyes
the pumice is ground to a fine dust, if you breathe it in it turns into a liquid cement and you choke to death
3rd degree burns
crushed by land slides
tsunamis
pyroclastic flow - a mixture of lava and super-heated gas (reaching temperatures of up to 1000 °C / 1,830 °F). If inhaled can kill you in 2 breaths.

just to name a few

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