Pompeii, 79 AD: 18 Hours Inside the Eruption of Vesuvius
When Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, Pompeii had roughly 18 hours of warning falling from the sky before the pyroclastic surges arrived. Most who stayed did not survive them.
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The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake: When the Sea Pulled Back Before the Wave
On 1 November 1755 a great earthquake struck off Portugal, the sea withdrew from Lisbon's harbour, and a tsunami returned to drown a city already shaking and burning.
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The Year Without a Summer: How Tambora’s 1815 Eruption Froze 1816
In April 1815 Mount Tambora produced the largest eruption in recorded history. A year later, summer never arrived — snow fell in June and crops failed across the Northern Hemisphere.