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KrakatoaBy Tris Caplan

• Krakatoa is a volcano located in Sunda Strait Indonesia.

• It best known for the eruptions on August 26-27, 1883.

• The four main eruptions were some of the most violent eruptions ever recorded.

What is Krakatoa?

Effects.

• The Eruptions were so loud that you could hear them up to 1,930 miles away.

• The whole island was destroyed, effecting thousands of people.

• More than 36,000 people lost there lives, during those two days.

Effects (continued).

• Some people speculate that the death toll could be as high as 120,000.

• Tsunamis, volcanic ash, and pyroclastic flows also had a big effect on the island and it inhabitants.

Today.• krakatoa is still

active today.

• The last know Eruption was in April 2008.

• People were advised to keep a “3KM zone around the island”

• Krakatoa is still growing at a amazing rate of “5 inches a week.

• The Equivalent of “6.8 meters per year, ( of about 22 and a half feet per year.)

Today (continued).

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1203028/Will-Krakatoa-rock-world-Last-time-killed-thousands-changed-weather-years-deadlier.html

, MARCUS DUNK 31st July 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa#Historical_significance

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