TheExplodingLakesofCameroon
Whatcomestomindwhenyouthinkofalake?Youprobablyimagineaprettyscenewithbluewater，birds，andfish．ForthepeopleinthenorthwesternCameroon，however,theimageisverydifferent.Forthem，lakesmaymeanterribledisasters.In1984，poisonousgasesexploded
outofLakeMonounandcamedownintothenearbyvillages，killingthirty—sevenpeople．Two
yearslater,LakeNyoseruptedAcloudofgasesrolleddownthehillsandintothevalleysand
killed1,700people．