Top 5 worst volcanic eruptions ever

Top 5 deadliest volcanic eruptions in history (1) Tombora, Indonesia Year 1815 This was the heaviest single eruption in recorded history, and the only only one to reach VEI 7 on the eruptivity scale. 10,000 people lost their lives because of the blast and an additional 82,000 died in the aftermath. The mountain in which the volcano was located, shrank almost 1.5 km in height. From 4300 to 2850 meters. (2)Ilopango, Salvador Year 536 Because this eruption occurred before the time of European exploration, for a long time not much was known about it. Recent studies suggest that over 100,000 Mayans could have died from pyroclastic flows and lava flows. Contemporary Byzantine and Chinese accounts say that the sky remained clouded for 1.5 years. Rapid global cooling occurred, causing crop failures and famines all over the world. (3) Santorini, Greece Year 1620 BC This eruption had the largest explosion ever witnessed, comparable to several hunderd atom bombs exploding in less than a second. From the air you can clearly see the remnants of the crater at the tourist hot spot of Santorini. The eruption, the tsunami and the climate change which followed were a contributor to the decline of the Minoan civilization, one of the oldest civilisations. (4) Huaynaputina , Peru Year 1600 Although almost it has become almost invisible in the landscape, this was the location of a massive eruption 400 years ago. Many Inca villages were destroyed in what the Spanish clergy described as a hit from heaven. The natives believed that this was retribution from the gods, because of the recent ban on human sacrifice. The cloud of volcanic ash caused 1601 to be the coldest year in over six centuries. The effects were felt globally, especially in Russia where it contributed to a famine which killed millions (5) Laki, Ice Land Year 1783 In the south of Iceland massive lava flows erupted from giant fissures in the ground. The eruptions lasted for 8 months and created giant clouds of poisonous sulfuric acid which killed thousands all over Europe. It affected the European climate for years causing extreme weather conditions like droughts and severe winter conditions. Iceland itself suffered greatly, it lost more than 25% of the population and most of its livestock Music: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300025 Sources: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/volcano.shtml and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanic_eruptions_by_death_toll

Comments

1. Cool video! I thought there'd be more (dis)honourable mentions.....oh well.
2. Guess what my name is helen and i live in the usa 😂 i guess I erupted pretty crazily 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣
3. what about Lake Toba? It almost wiped out the human species 75,000 years ago yet it doesn't make the list?
4. wah wah, toba, Yellowstone, el vali, taupo, long valley, New Mexico top 7 in the past 3 million years...
5. Yeah, if you get sprayed with fire and lava with some poison and heat, you would TOTALLY turn into a cement statue..Lol, fuck out of here
6. Pompei?! This is such propaganda, sorry, called you out on that but this is way off :(
7. Forgot about the Huckleberry ridge eruption. What about Toba?
8. I guess super volcanoes and underwater volcanoes don't count.
9. Great video !!! :D
10. How could you not have Krakatoa?
11. toba
    krakatoa
    yellowstone
    recheck facts
12. You have forgotten about Mt Pinnatubo in 1991, what about Tungurahua and Chaiten all huge eruptions
13. Huaynapina should be at number 1 it killed 2 millon people and temputers dropped to the lowest levels in 400 years
14. tambora
15. krakatoa
16. lake toba supervolcano 70,000  years ago
17. Man those were really bad volcanos