🌋 Pyroclastic Flow

Trigger a column or dome collapse and watch a superheated density current race down the flanks.

Collapse Trigger

Gas & Mobility

Gas temperature 700°C

Flow mobility / mass 6

Terrain channeling 5

Danger Zone

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0 km/h

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Distance

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Danger radius

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Pyroclastic flows are the deadliest volcanic hazard: ground-hugging avalanches of hot gas and ash that can exceed 700°C and 100 km/h. They form when an eruption column or a lava dome collapses under its own weight. Mount Pelée's 1902 flow destroyed Saint-Pierre in minutes, killing ~29,000 people.

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