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  2. 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo - Wikipedia

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    The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines' Luzon Volcanic Arc was the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, behind only the 1912 eruption of Novarupta in Alaska. Eruptive activity began on April 2 as a series of phreatic explosions from a fissure that opened on the north side of Mount Pinatubo .

  3. Mount Pinatubo - Wikipedia

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    The eruption column of Mount Pinatubo on June 12, 1991, three days before the climactic eruption View to the west from Clark Air Base of the major eruption of Pinatubo on June 15, 1991. The June 15–16 climatic phase lasted more than fifteen hours, sent tephra about 35 km (22 mi) into the atmosphere, generated voluminous pyroclastic flows ...

  4. Operation Fiery Vigil - Wikipedia

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    The 1991 Ultra-Plinian eruption of Mount Pinatubo was the second largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century (surpassed only by the 1912 eruption of Novarupta), and the largest eruption in living memory. The eruption produced high-speed pyroclastic flows, giant lahars, and a cloud of volcanic ash hundreds of miles across. [2]

  5. Mexico Has Banned All Attempts to Block the Sun - AOL

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    On June 15, 1991, Mount Pinatubo—located in the Luzon Volcanic Arc in the Philippines— erupted and sent ash 28 miles skyward in a plume some 1.2 cubic miles in size. It was the second largest ...

  6. Typhoon Yunya (1991) - Wikipedia

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    Typhoon Yunya, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Diding, was a strong tropical cyclone whose landfall in the Philippines coincided with the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. A small tropical cyclone, Yunya rapidly developed from a tropical disturbance near East Samar on June 11. By June 13 the storm had reached typhoon status as it moved west ...

  7. A powerful volcano is erupting. Here’s what that could mean ...

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    An eruption as large as Mount Pinatubo in 1991 could certainly cool the planet for a few years, though it wouldn’t be able to erase the Earth’s current climate woes caused by planet-warming ...

  8. It’s one of the world’s largest connected coral reef systems ...

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    The now-retired German geographer had just moved to Sablayan, a municipality on Mindoro island, southwest of Manila, to assist victims of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption.

  9. List of volcanic eruptions by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Mount Pinatubo: 6 Philippines: 1991 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo: 700 Hokkaido Komagatake: 5 Japan: 1640 [18] 600 Nevado del Ruiz: 4 Colombia: 1595 [17] 507 Tavurvur: 4 Papua New Guinea: 1937 [19] 500 Hibok-Hibok: 3 Philippines: 1951 [20] [21] 477 Mount Bandai: 4 Japan: 1888 1888 eruption of Mount Bandai: 426 Anak Krakatoa: 3 Indonesia: 2018 ...