In The News: Taal Volcano, violent eruption?

Violent Eruption?

Happened already at Mount St Helens, here:

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/530+E+41st+Ave,+Vancouver,+BC+V5W+1P3,+Canada/Mt+St+Helens,+Washington+98616,+USA/@47.5567172,-124.8764819,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x5486741251785f27:0x379ac7f84b408817!2m2!1d-123.0936271!2d49.2326978!1m5!1m1!1s0x54969956568a2691:0x69ddb4f4b6cf94c7!2m2!1d-122.1955508!2d46.1914006!3e0!5m1!1e4

This video explains what might happen at the Taal Volcano in the Philippines:

More information on the Filipino Taal Volcano:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-taal-volcano-explosively-erupt-heres-what-scientists-are-watching/

1980 Mount St Helens Lateral Blast

Guess, how fast the resulting killer wind erupted from a volcano close to where we live:

A) 35 km/h     B) 143 km/h   C) 280 km/h   D) 480 km/h

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/st_helens/st_helens_geo_hist_99.html

Let’s find out…