Contents Volcanoes How Does a Volcano Happen Extreme Volcano Damage The Most Dangerous Volcanoes Extreme Weather Effects Extreme Volcanoes in History I Was There Why Live in The Way One Step Ahead of the Volcano Unseen Extreme Volcanoes Extreme Disasters Timeline Hot and Explosive Index 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32
Volcanoes unleashing huge amounts of scorching hot material in one blast A volcano is a place on the Earth’s surface where molten rock from its hot interior bursts through its solid crust Sometimes it is just a crack where the molten rock known as magma oozes through as lava which is the name for magma on the surface Sometimes though it is a cone-shaped mountain built up by successive eruptions Mountain volcanoes can erupt in sudden and dramatic explosions 6
