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A lahar is a mudflow made from ash and similar volcanic material. These mudflows moves like floods but are denser, making them more destruct. Buildings can be crushed or carried away, and towns can be buried. When a lahars stops the mud stays where it is and eventually hardens. People may be buried alive.
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Are lahars dangerous?
Yes they are dangerous as the water can flood buildings
Are lahars danergous?
Yes, they can be extremely dangerous if one finds themselves in its path.
Are lahars examples of intrusive igneous activity?
No. Lahars are the result of extrusive activity.
Why are lahars so dangerous for human beings?
These mud flows can move rapidly down slope and can travel up to 70 or 80 kilometers away from the volcano.
Why are snow covered volcanoes particulary dangerous?
Snow covered volcanoes are particularly dangerous because the snow can melt quickly during an eruption, leading to devastating mudflows known as lahars. The combination of hot volcanic materials mixing with water from melting snow can create fast-moving lahars that can travel long distances, causing widespread destruction. Additionally, the presence of snow can mask signs of an impending eruption, making it difficult to predict and evacuate in time.
Can tall structures prevent volanoes and lahars?
No. Tall structures will not affect volcanoes. Dams can potentially mitigate lahars.
Are lahars hot?
Lahars are typically a mix of water, volcanic ash, and debris that flow down the slopes of a volcano during an eruption. While they can be very destructive due to their speed and volume, lahars are not typically hot like lava flows.
Besides lava what are the other two dangerous things that come out of volcanoes?
Two other dangers from volcanoes, which are in fact more dangerous than lava flows, are pyroclastic flows and lahars. Pyroclastic flows are hot masses of ash, rock, and gas that move down a volcano's sides like avalanches, often exceeding 100 miles per hour. Unlike slow-moving lava flows, they leave almost no opportunity to escape. Lahars are mudflows that form when volcanic ash mixes with water. Lahars move through river valleys like flash floods, but with the density of concrete. A large lahar can bury a town in minutes.
Can mud flows and lahars be prevented?
Mudflows and lahars can be prevented or greatly reduced by planting deep rooted vegetation in places they might occur.
What are mudslides produced by volcanoes called?
Lahars
What is wetter lahars or pyroclastic flows?
Lahars are wet. They are mudflows that result from volcanic ash mixing with water. Pyroclastic flows are superheated clouds of ash and gas that move down the slopes of a volcano. They are too hot to be wet.
Does a lahar come out of an earthquake?
No. Lahars are mudflows that are produced by volcanoes.
