What is a main hazard of this type of volcano?





A) Burning, building collapse, and suffocation from an eruption column and pyroclastic flows

B) Volcanic mudflows and landslides

C) Hot fragments thrown a short distance from the volcano

D) Destruction by moderately fluid lava flows that can flow far from the volcano


A) Burning, building collapse, and suffocation from an eruption column and pyroclastic flows

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