Nachdem an mehreren Tagen Erdstöße der Stärke 6 auf der Richter-Skala gemessen wurden (siehe dazu auch: Erdbeben-Schwarm in Kenia und Tansania), wird in diesem Zusammenhang nun ein größerer Vulkanausbruch des Mount Ol Doinyo Lengai im Norden Tansanias befürchtet; Lava fließt bereits. Ol Doinyo Lengai ist ein aktiver Vulkan, der jährlich ausbricht. Wissenschaftler sind allerdings beunruhigt, weil der Ausbruch nun von Erdbeben begleitet wird.
Hundreds of villagers have fled their homes on the slopes of Mount Ol Doinyo Lengai, in northern Tanzania, fearing an imminent volcanic eruption. A BBC correspondent says lava is flowing from one side of the mountain, causing panic among the villagers. Tremors measuring six on the Richter scale have shaken the area over recent days with aftershocks reaching Kenya ...
In the past the community living at the foot of Oldonyo Lengai defied government orders to evacuate after the mountain erupted. They argued that they could not move out because they had lived there for generations and had grown used to the volcanic ash from “the mountain of God” in northern Tanzania. But nine months after it continued to emit smoke into the sky and spewing molten rocks on its slopes, many of the defiant people are now moving out without being asked to ...
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