On planet Earth there are 500 active volcanoes. Every one a potential killer. Once they erupt nothing can stop them. One of the deadliest of all – a supervolcano – is here in America beneath Yellowstone National Park. A super-eruption here will be like nothing seen before. Doomsday Volcano: The Next Pompeii aka Yellowstone Supervolcano, Channel 5 2023
Yellowstone: It’s breathtaking beauty has attracted both settlers and tourists for thousands of year. ibid.
Yellowstone is a disaster waiting to happen. ibid.
The slumbering volcanic peak of Mount St Helens. In its shadow one of America’s most beautiful national forests, a magnet for vacationers seeking the great outdoors. But then, without warning, the volcano erupts; in just 4 minutes the blast flattens 220 square miles. Huge muds flows surge down 150 miles of river valleys. 57 people die. Seconds from Disaster s2e5: Mount St Helens, National Geographic 2005
Mount St Helens spews smoke and ash higher than a mile into the sky. The volcano has woken up from a 123-year sleep. ibid.
A Caribbean island paradise and a volcano wakes after lying dormant for centuries. With the lives of 10,500 people at stake, volcanologists rush to the scene. Then a catastrophic eruption sends an avalanche of re-hot rock and ash cascading down the mountain. Seconds from Disaster s3e13: Eruption at Monserrat
Montserrat lies directly on a geological subduction zone; this is one of the most seismically active parts of the planet’s crust. ibid.
A month after the first blast, another larger phreatic eruption fires a cloud of ash, mud and steam two kilometres into the air. The vibration rocks Montserrat. The locals stare nervously at the darkening skies. The south-west of the island is showered in a thick cloud of volcanic dust. ibid.
Pyroclastic Flow: They have caused over 40,000 deaths in the last century alone. ibid.
The volcano hasn’t finished yet: nearly three months later it fires its first pyroclastic flow down the eastern slope of the mountain heading for the coastline. The flow travels just two kilometres and no-one is hurt, but it is clear that volcanic activity is intensifying again. ibid.
The island experiences its first magmatic eruption. ibid.
It’s prepared to blow with a deadly force that will destroy this island paradise. ibid.
A daring helicopter rescue gets underway. ibid.
The scene is like a modern-day Pompeii. ibid.
19 people lost their lives on 25th June. ibid.
Why are volcanoes allegedly a hotbed for UFO activity? The Proof is Out There Alien Edition s1e3: UFO Hotspots, History 2025
For millions of years volcanos have shaped our planet. These fiery engines of Earth have the ability to create new worlds, and obliterate old ones. But why do they exist? What causes these giant to erupt? And can we ever escape their fury? Volcano with Dara O’Briain I, Channel 5 2025
So I’m beginning in Sicily with the mighty mount Etna. ibid.
Etna: If I’d have been standing on this spot just a few months ago, the results would have been deadly. ibid.
Etna’s landscape is criss-crossed with lava-tubes. ibid.
So what happens when these forces are unleashed? And is there anything we or science can do to prevent that? Volcano with Dara O’Briain II
I’m headed to Italy’s mainland … 4th July 2024, Stomboli: A firestorm of hot gas and debris into the air. ibid.
Pyroclastic flows can travel at hundreds of miles an hour … The deadly combination of speed and heat. ibid.
I’m headed to Naples, home to Mount Vesuvius, a volcano infamous for its catastrophic history. ibid.