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Yes, Pompeii was partially destroyed by a pyroclastic flow during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The deadly flow of superheated gases and volcanic debris engulfed and buried the city, preserving it under layers of ash.
Yes a pyroclastic flow did destroy pompeii yes it did it flattened the Italian village of pompeii. it is a mixture of hot gas volcanic rock and ash
An explosive volcanic eruption. Pyroclastic flow is a mixture of fast flowing hot gases that travel down and away from the eruption.
Pyroclastic flow can travel at speeds as great as 450 MPH (700 KM/h)
Very quickly. A pyroclastic flow can approach half the speed of sound. People exposed to the temperatures inside a pyroclastic flow can die almost instantly.
No. Most pyroclastic flows don't go for more than a few miles.
Pyroclastic flow.
Pyroclastic flow
Pyroclastic Flow
an explosive volcano will usually have a pyroclastic flow
There have been a number of historically documented eruptions that produced what we now know were pyroclastic flows, but they were first described scientifically after the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelee, which wiped out the city of St. Pierre on the French colonial island of Martinique. The flows were called nuee ardente by the French, meaning "glowing cloud".
No person killed the people of Pompeii; they were killed by an act of nature. They died because of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and its pyroclastic flow.