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Phreatic eruption

Phreatic eruptions are steam-driven explosions that occur when water beneath the ground or on the surface is heated by magma, lava, or hot rocks, The intense heat may cause water to boil and flash to steam, thereby generating an explosion of steam, water, ash, blocks, and bombs.

Country: Indonesia	Date: August 2017 - November 2017
Area: Mount Agung	Impact: 40,000 people to be evacuated from 22 villages around Mount Agung

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3 Oct 2017: Locals leave in case volcano erupts
There are fears a volcano on the island of Bali, in Indonesia, may erupt, causing hundreds of thousands of people on the island to leave their homes.
17 Nov 2019 Newsela: The Pacific Ring of Fire, home to 452 volcanoes
A volcano is a kind of mountain. Sometimes, it erupts. When that happens, hot melted rock comes out of the top. A group of 452 volcanoes goes all around the Pacific Ocean. They form the Ring of Fire.
22 Nov 2017: Bali’s Mount Agung volcano finally erupts after months of rumbling and evacuations
After months of rumbles, Bali’s Mount Agung volcano finally erupted this week, spewing ash and steam up to 800m into the air.
27 Nov 2017: Huge volcano in Indonesia expected to erupt
Thousands of people on the island of Bali have been told to leave because a huge volcano there is expected to erupt very soon.
28 Nov 2017: Volcano in Indonesia about to erupt
Thousands of people on the island of Bali have been told to leave because a huge volcano there is expected to erupt very soon.

The last time Mt Agung erupted 1963
Indonesia has warned that the active volcano on the tourist island of Bali is entering a "critical phase", amid fears of an imminent eruption.

More than 75,000 people have been evacuated from their homes.

Mount Agung last erupted in 1963, and people had just minutes to flee.

The BBC found survivors of that eruption at a shelter, reliving their past experience.

Mount Agung images

Bali’s Mount Agung continues to erupt

Mt Agung hazard map A

Mt Agung hazard map B

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