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    The pyroclastic flow, a superheated cloud of gas, ash and pulverised rock with a temperature of up to 800 degrees C rushes down the the mountainside at 200km per hour. The whole of Plymouth was destroyed and the area became a designated danger zone. The heat from the volcano created a micro thunderstorm with forked lightning and raining ash. View high resolution

    The pyroclastic flow, a superheated cloud of gas, ash and pulverised rock with a temperature of up to 800 degrees C rushes down the the mountainside at 200km per hour. The whole of Plymouth was destroyed and the area became a designated danger zone.

    The heat from the volcano created a micro thunderstorm with forked lightning and raining ash.