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The waters of Lake Nyos, Cameroon, turned a murky brown following a deadly release of toxic gas in August 1986. Photo: Thierry Orban/Corbis Sygma View Slideshow __1986: __A deadly cloud of carbon ...

In 1986, Cameroon’s Lake Nyos was the scene of an extraordinary and devastating natural disaster. The lake quite literally exploded, releasing 80 million cubic meters of carbon dioxide in just 20 ...

A seemingly ordinary day for Doctor Emmanuel Ngum Mbi turned into one of the most haunting moments in Cameroon’s history. While cycling back to his home in Sabum village, he noticed something odd - a ...

On the night of August 21st, 1986, Lake Nyos released a massive cloud of carbon dioxide that silently rolled across ...

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Death came suddenly, silently, like a wily thief in the dark of night. No one saw disaster coming -- or even knew it was possible. And no one suspected the extreme danger that was gathering in the ...

LAKE NYOS, Cameroon — It began quietly, with a white mist that bubbled out of this crater lake deep in Cameroon’s mountainous interior. The mist formed into a cloud, dropped over a cliff and poured ...

Within the project for the supply of magnetic fluid for Lake Nyos and Monoun and the limitation of natural catastrophes in Cameroon, an accord was signed between the government of Japan and that of ...

August 21, 1986, was a busy market day in the village of Lower Nyos and that evening most people went to bed early. The next morning, some 1,700 people and 3,000 domestic animals were discovered lying ...