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This image shows the remains of a lahar on the slopes of Mt. Akutan in Alaska.
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Image from: U.S. Geological Survey, photo by Robert McGimsey

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Lahar

Lahars are mudslides caused by the mixing of volcanic ash and debris with water. They can occur when the heat from a volcano melts snow and ice on the volcano's summit, or if an eruption disturbs a crater lake.

Lahars can cause great environmental and economic damage. They can cover fertile fields and topple buildings. Lahars are very dangerous, and anyone caught in the path of one is in great danger of death from severe crushing injuries.


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