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media type="custom" key="6126823" Imagine it, nice quite at home, minding you own business when suddenly you look out side and see smoke. you then realise that the volcano is soon to erupt.

This is one of the many stories from the survivers of the volcanic eruption in Pompei.

It was t5he 16th of December 1631, The day that Mt Versuvius erupted and took 6 villages and 18,000 lives. The biggest toll ever taken by a volcanic eruption. The eruption also caused mud flows that buried 9 villages adn 6,000 livestock. The lava travelled 6 kilometers to the sea and caused havok on its way down. Mount Versuvius

Another case study would have to be The Helgafell volcano.

The Helgafell volcano erupted in 1973, January 23 and it took no live but it continued to erupt until July 3. The entire island was covered in solid lava. Although everyone escaped on ships, the remains of their home was devistating.