Mt Vesuvius: Erupted 79 A.D. 3 Roman towns were destroyed, most notably Pompeii where people were almost frozen in time by the pyroclastic flow.
Krakatau: Erupted August 27,1883 On the Indonisian island of Krakatau, distroyed the island leaving a 960 ft deep crater in the ocean floor. It triggered tsunamis and distroyed numerous villages killing about 36,000 people
Mt. St. Helens: Erupted May 18th, 1980. Part of the Cascade
Mountains, its 1980 eruption was the only significant eruption on the continental U.S. causing billions of dollars in damage.
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