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  2. 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo - Wikipedia

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    The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines' Luzon Volcanic Arc was the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, behind only the 1912 eruption of Novarupta in Alaska. Eruptive activity began on April 2 as a series of phreatic explosions from a fissure that opened on the north side of Mount Pinatubo .

  3. Mount Pinatubo - Wikipedia

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    The eruption column of Mount Pinatubo on June 12, 1991, three days before the climactic eruption View to the west from Clark Air Base of the major eruption of Pinatubo on June 15, 1991. The June 15–16 climatic phase lasted more than fifteen hours, sent tephra about 35 km (22 mi) into the atmosphere, generated voluminous pyroclastic flows ...

  4. Operation Fiery Vigil - Wikipedia

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    The 1991 Ultra-Plinian eruption of Mount Pinatubo was the second largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century (surpassed only by the 1912 eruption of Novarupta), and the largest eruption in living memory. The eruption produced high-speed pyroclastic flows, giant lahars, and a cloud of volcanic ash hundreds of miles across. [2]

  5. Volcano vs typhoon: Island hit by double disasters in one day

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    On June 15, 1991, the island of Luzon in the Philippines was ground zero for the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 1900s when Mount Pinatubo blew its top. This historic natural event set ...

  6. File:The Mount Pinatubo today! Drone footage.webm - Wikipedia

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    This file, which was originally posted to YouTube: The Mount Pinatubo today! (4K Drone footage) , was reviewed on 4 March 2020 by the automatic software YouTubeReviewBot, which confirmed that this video was available there under the stated Creative Commons license on that date. This file should not be deleted if the license has changed in the ...

  7. Typhoon Yunya (1991) - Wikipedia

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    Typhoon Yunya, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Diding, was a strong tropical cyclone whose landfall in the Philippines coincided with the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. A small tropical cyclone, Yunya rapidly developed from a tropical disturbance near East Samar on June 11. By June 13 the storm had reached typhoon status as it moved west ...

  8. A powerful volcano is erupting. Here’s what that could mean ...

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    An eruption as large as Mount Pinatubo in 1991 could certainly cool the planet for a few years, though it wouldn’t be able to erase the Earth’s current climate woes caused by planet-warming ...

  9. 1991 in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    June 10 – About 15,000 Americans are evacuated from Clark Air Base as Pinatubo eruption begins. [9] [10] [11] [12]June 15 – Mount Pinatubo erupts, the peak of series of major explosions on June 12–16, in what will be the second largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century; [9] [13] [14] volcano's alert level has been raised to the highest, June 9; Typhoon Yunya further worsens lahar ...