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What is The Mudflow On a Volcano Called?

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It depends what you mean by a mudflow. Mudflows can be caused as secondary effects by volcanoes and they are known as lahars. For example the summit glacier on top of Nevado del Ruiz, Columnbia (1985) melted when it was about to erupt, causing a 130ft deep mudflow which killed 23,000 people who were thirty miles away from the volcano.

Just in case you don't mean a lahar, some people get them confused with pyroclastic flows which are primary effects by volcanoes and can be devastating. These flows are fast moving (usually greater than 50mph) currents of hot gas (can reach temperatures of 1,000 degrees) and rock. They can flatten trees, damage buildings and kill many people. For example in Japan on June 3, 1991, pyroclastic flows from Mount Unzen killed volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft and 41 other people, covering them in 5mm of ash.

I hope this helped, I couldn't resist adding extra information :)

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