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Mount Vesuvius violently ejected a cloud of super-heated tephra and gases to a height of 33 km (21 mi), ejecting molten rock, pulverized pumice and hot ash at 1.5 million tons per second, ultimately releasing 100,000 times the thermal energy of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
25,000 years ago: Vesuvius started forming in the Codola Plinian eruption. [18] Vesuvius was then built up by a series of lava flows, with some smaller explosive eruptions interspersed between them. By this time, the volcano was 2,000 meters (6,560 feet) tall, with the summit being 500 meters (1,640 feet) east of the current summit. [31] [32]
By this time, Louisville and Nashville wreck crews were beginning to clear debris. The tank car that would eventually explode, owned by Union Tank Car Company and numbered UTLX 83013, was buried by debris. Crews removed the wrecked cars and UTLX 83013 was moved to clear the tracks, and the rail line partially reopened at about 8 p.m. on ...
But in 79 A.D., in the Roman city of Pompeii at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, ... Although most of the residents escaped in the early hours of the eruption, more than 1,000 did not. But the debris ...
An RV broadcast a warning to passersby in downtown Nashville of an imminent explosion. Then the vehicle detonated early Christmas morning. Police are calling it an “intentional act.”The FBI ...
0 to 10,000 acres in just hours: Why did the Hughes Fire explode in size so fast? Doyle Rice, USA TODAY. Updated January 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM.
The Nashville Fire Department evacuated the downtown riverfront, [69] [70] and Mayor Cooper issued a curfew for the affected area, which was lifted by December 28. [1] The FAA issued a notice declaring a circular area with a radius of 1 nautical mile (1.15 mi; 1.85 km), centered around the site of the bombing, as "National Defense Airspace ...
He had burns throughout his body, but has since returned to work.