[HN Gopher] 'Cold lava' floods Philippines village after eruption
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       'Cold lava' floods Philippines village after eruption
        
       Author : onemoresoop
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2024-06-06 17:32 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.bbc.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.bbc.com)
        
       | gus_massa wrote:
       | I't more like mud than lava. Anyway, it can be very dangerous. My
       | family is from the north west of Arentina (Jujuy). In some areas
       | there is a somewhat similar problem that is not caused by a
       | volcano, just unusual heavy rains that create mud. We even call
       | it "Volcan" (volcano).
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       | There was a big disaster a few years ago [1], but smaller one are
       | usual and they have to rebuild the roads and bridges from time to
       | time.
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       | [1] Some news coverage in Spanish
       | https://www.jujuyalmomento.com/alud/siete-anos-la-tragedia-v...
        
       | watbe wrote:
       | A lahar was the cause of a deadly railway accident in New Zealand
       | about 60 years ago:
       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangiwai_disaster
        
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