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The '''2023 Mount Bapò'iliop eruption''' was a climactic eruption of [[Mount Bapò'iliop]] in [[Wallenland]] on December 24th, 2023. Nearly two months worth of observations of the volcano and warnings of a potential eruption led to Prime Minister [[Kahia'ika Alo'abàkradíno]] ordering evacuations, credited with saving thousands of lives. The initial eruption began with lava flows, which covered over 1000 hectares, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) wide at its widest point, about 6.2 kilometres (3.9 miles) long, and reaching the [[Cantalle Ocean]], destroying more than 3,000 buildings, cutting the coastal highway. Later into the eruption a massive cloud of volcanic ash rose 40,000 feet (12,000 m) into the air, and a series of pyroclastic flows followed, with experts registering the eruption as a 5 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index.
The '''2023 Mount Bapò'iliop eruption''' was a climactic eruption of [[Mount Bapò'iliop]] in [[Wallenland]] on December 24th, 2023. Nearly two months worth of observations of the volcano and warnings of a potential eruption led to Prime Minister [[Kahia'ika Alo'abàkradíno]] ordering evacuations, credited with saving thousands of lives. The initial eruption began with lava flows, which covered over 1000 hectares, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) wide at its widest point, about 6.2 kilometres (3.9 miles) long, and reaching the [[Cantalle Ocean]], destroying more than 3,000 buildings, cutting the coastal highway. Later into the eruption a massive cloud of volcanic ash rose 40,000 feet (12,000 m) into the air, and a series of pyroclastic flows followed, with experts registering the eruption as a 5 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index.
The volcano had previously erupted in [[1977 Mount Bapò'iliop eruption|1977]], which was the deadliest eruption in Wallenland's recorded history.


==Background==
==Background==

Revision as of 22:23, 13 January 2024

2023 Mount Bapò'iliop eruption
LUN 8401.jpg
The eruption seen at night, December 24th, 2023
VolcanoMount Bapò'iliop
Date(climactic episode) December 24, 2023; 11 months ago (2023-12-24)
TypeFissure, Strombolian, Phreatic, Plinian
LocationWallenland
VEI5

The 2023 Mount Bapò'iliop eruption was a climactic eruption of Mount Bapò'iliop in Wallenland on December 24th, 2023. Nearly two months worth of observations of the volcano and warnings of a potential eruption led to Prime Minister Kahia'ika Alo'abàkradíno ordering evacuations, credited with saving thousands of lives. The initial eruption began with lava flows, which covered over 1000 hectares, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) wide at its widest point, about 6.2 kilometres (3.9 miles) long, and reaching the Cantalle Ocean, destroying more than 3,000 buildings, cutting the coastal highway. Later into the eruption a massive cloud of volcanic ash rose 40,000 feet (12,000 m) into the air, and a series of pyroclastic flows followed, with experts registering the eruption as a 5 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index.

The volcano had previously erupted in 1977, which was the deadliest eruption in Wallenland's recorded history.

Background

Eruption

Evacuations and damage

Aftermath