The Lake Nyos Disaster - Africa's Killer Lake - A Short Documentary

[@theravenseye9443]

One of the strangest natural disasters I have come across, and a warning for an even greater tragedy which may still occur... Sorry for the poor audio quality on this - it was my first attempt at making a video!

[@timburnett9904]

Z b. Bbb. In.

[@chrismechanic2000]

i must admit it sure is messed up, ive never heard of this story before.

[@aflo2468]

Thank you for the video. Quality was very good.

[@gpat1232]

Audio is wonderful

[@jikumo2483]

You did great. The Story telling is very clear Thank you.

[@MountainCry]

It's difficult to imagine something more terrifying than waking up to your family dead in your house, going to your neighbor's house and they're dead too, continuing through the area and all people and animals you find are also dead. A waking nightmare.

[@Zozette27]

@The River Ninja - it does say that one or two people survived and one survivor gives an account about how he found everyone else dead. Also about 800 people further away from the lake had to be treated.

[@FTChomp9980]

Sounds like straight out of horror movie.

[@brenw3064]

You would have to be Dr strange in astral form to pull that one off,

[@Surannhealz]

That has to be the purest religious experience a someone has ever had. Everything is dead, yet there is no sign of violence. Whatever religion he believed in, I’m sure they had an equivalent of the rapture, and he probably felt he was in it.

[@adotintheshark4848]

Right out of a science fiction horror movie

[@freddieclark]

I was onboard a research vessel that had left Douala, Cameroon just 18 hours before the tragedy. We heard the news on the radio while passing through Nigerian waters. It was quite a shock, particularly to the three Cameroonian crewmembers onboard.

[@blacksabbathmatters3365]

Mother Nature can be a very cruel mistress. I feel so bad for the amazing people who silently lost their lives. Thank you for the great story.

[@stellviahohenheim]

How do you know they were amazing?

[@blacksabbathmatters3365]

@@stellviahohenheim The same way I know that you are not amazing.

[@danielamspaugh7519]

@@blacksabbathmatters3365 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

How harsh the world is is something modern city dwellers living in their centrally heated or air conditioned rooms often fail to grasp.

[@joselineayikoru2310]

Thank you for covering a disaster from Cameroon, Africa. I am from Uganda & I dint even know about this. Few of these incidents from the continent are covered in general.

[@theravenseye9443]

I always thought this was one of the strangest disasters I have come across. Terrible tragedy in which you had almost no hope of escaping...

[@Lauren-vd4qe]

didnt

[@middleagedwhitebloke]

@@Lauren-vd4qe didn’t

[@tygriffin2836]

@@middleagedwhitebloke did not

[@middleagedwhitebloke]

@@tygriffin2836 Nice try but no cigar. ‘Didn’t’ is the correct abbreviation and it was an abbreviation that was being corrected.

[@MrSwj2009]

The speed of death thru poison gas is quite scary. I remember a PBS documentary on forensic medicine first being used to solve crimes at the turn of the 20th century. A hotel had called an exterminator company to spray one of their suites for rat infestation.. They sprayed a deadly dose of cyanide gas inside the vacant sealed room. Unfortunately the gas seeped in the room above and instantly killedl a middle aged couple as they were dressing. The bodies were discovered long after the exterminator company left and the couples instant death remained a mystery until an autopsy revealed cyanide in their systems. Sadly, the hotel and the exterminating company were both absolved because this type of forensic evidence was too new to be considered legal.

[@simmorg290]

You wouldn't die quickly with CO2.

[@saragrant9749]

Oh man, imagine how that scene must have looked 🤢

[@Bunkerdwarfputin]

@@simmorg290 The above comment says cyanide gas... not CO2...unless you're making your comment in regards to this video, in which case it would've been more appropriate to post your comment in the main field. 😎

[@simmorg290]

​@@Bunkerdwarfputin I replied because this comment could give the impression that CO2 is a poison gas and that death would be quick. I just wanted to clear up any misunderstanding if there was any. Anyway no harm done. I didn't intend to insult anyone.

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

Too new to be considered legal? Okey just resue them 10 years later.

[@PiXie232]

This was such a horrific event. And what’s even scary, how you mentioned about lake Kivu, when the huge volcanic eruption went off last year at the volcano that sits right to the right of lake Kivu, (that ended up killing many people) there was an extreme amount of worry that it would finally set off the massive amount of trapped carbon dioxide at the bottom of the lake. And they still haven’t set up any form of degassing pipes in lake Kivu yet to this day as far as I know. At least the last time I looked into it. Which is incredibly terrifying, considering how many people live at the base of the volcano/around the lake. Very terrifying indeed. Great video. Very informative:) I have now officially watched all of your videos lol;) Love your work!!💕

[@Nicholas-ks8xp]

They're running pipes down to the bottom of the lake. And it's venting plenty of carbon dioxide safely into the atmosphere. But they have no way to know if it's venting enough gas to relieve the pressure.

[@jessofthewest9476]

I spent a few days on the beach of Lake Kivu and tourists totally ignored the no swimming signs. Then you hear about stuff like this.

[@hp2084]

Cant do it on a large scale as it might trigger a degassing event.

[@omnibussy]

please keep returning to Africa for these videos. less so for this case, but i know how hard that can be due to the lack of a free press and such thorough censorship of any disaster or tragedy that major corporations or governments could be responsible for but... yeah. people should know. I'm really enjoying the videos so far, keep it up ❤️

[@jessiefrye3045]

It was reported across the World when it happened. It was a tremendously sad report. The next Sunday all Churches in the United States held prayers for Africa, Nyos, Cameroon 🇨🇲 and Subum.

[@glennjames7107]

It would seem more plausible that a government or corp. used this remote area and population to test a new chemical weapon or something of the sort. Who would know the truth, we surely wouldn't as everyone believes everything they are told !

[@shaymorcormick8743]

Mother Nature is truly terryfying with a burp she wiped out a village without a trace.

[@flamethrowerflufsalisbury]

Gases are scary as hell, man. I work for a bar. I went to our bar cooler to change a keg out. I remember opening the door & smelling gas, by the time I took 5 steps towards the keg, I was knocked out cold & hit my head on a shelf. I woke up about 6 mins later with ppl standing over me

[@TheirIAre]

Damn. What gas and how?

[@davejones9469]

If there's one thing we can learn from history, it's that we never learn from history.

[@casbyness]

I tried learning this but my brain exploded from the paradox. XD

[@scarletamazon3455]

Wow - what a terrifying, horrifying disaster that I'd never heard about. Seeing the photos of the cattle, wiped out and dropped where they'd stood, while thinking of the thousands of people who were affected in exactly the same way - utterly haunting. That survivors story will remain with me. I have a fear of CO2 poisoning, but connected with ordinary gas leaks and house fires, and have CO2 alarms etc. But this... as you said, no warning, and no escape. At least death would have been incredibly quick, with no real time to feel dread or horror, and very quickly overcome. Small mercies and little comfort though. Hearing about the risk posed by that third lake though, 2000 time larger! 2 million people! Let's hope that the government is taking the right steps to install those de-gassing pipes there as well... but imagining the work and expense involved there, and the history of governmental corruption... fills me with dread. Just discovered your channel, a hidden gem! Incredibly well done videos, beautifully narrated and paced, and clearly thoroughly researched and explained. This new sub will be watching your old videos and waiting for new ones! Your channel will grow fast I'm sure, and you deserve it for providing high quality content. Thank you!

[@seikibrian8641]

I doubt if you have CO2 detectors; you probably have CO detectors. CO2 is carbon dioxide, which is harmless. CO is carbon monoxide, which is deadly. The reason this event killed 1700 people is because the CO2 displaced O2 (oxygen), and so the people died of asphyxia (lack of oxygen).

[@minglifeng2862]

You’re talking about CO not CO2 here. You have a CO alarm not CO2 alarm. Get it right please. CO is poisonous. CO2 is not. The reason people and animals died at the lake was because there was just so much CO2 released they displaced the oxygen people and needed to survive.

[@seikibrian8641]

​@@minglifeng2862 You're 10 days late with your comment, because I said exactly the same thing 10 days ago. But you're right. As I wrote: "I doubt if you have CO2 detectors; you probably have CO detectors. CO2 is carbon dioxide, which is harmless. CO is carbon monoxide, which is deadly. The reason this event killed 1700 people is because the CO2 displaced O2 (oxygen), and so the people died of asphyxia (lack of oxygen)."

[@cynthiahusband106]

Not sure if your from England or Australia but you have the best voice to narrate -just a beautiful clear, educated voice , this disaster is just horrible , absolutely no warning that you and your family are going to die , almost like being put in a gas chamber horrible horrible disaster , hoping this poor little town in Africa never goes thru something like this again May all who died RIP -thank you for telling the story had never heard of this disaster, and this was in 1986.

[@sophierobinson2738]

Geographics did a video on it a couple of months ago.

[@exrobowidow1617]

There's a carbon dioxide area in California, near Mammoth Lakes. One or two of the small mountain lakes sometimes has to be closed, and there are warning signs and monitoring equipment. After the horrible event in Africa, I think people everywhere became more aware that stuff like this can happen. Last time we visited Mammoth Lakes in 2019, there were people visiting the lakes and fishing and hiking. Without the monitoring equipment there, I would probably refuse to go there. The whole region is geologically active, too.

[@bigisrick]

Don't be a wimp

[@alanemarson]

Really enjoyed watching all your videos and your channel deserves to be promoted by the mystic gods of the KZbin algorithm soon!

[@theravenseye9443]

Thanks ScottishAl - maybe we will get noticed! The channel just reached 250 subscribers !

[@lisablack2389]

ScottishAl, there are NO mystic Gods, only the Lord Jesus!

[@HurricaneJD]

wow this is crazy I can't imagine what the survivors were thinking, before they understood what had happened. I picture them waking up from a nightmare into a new nightmare. ( speaking about ones that may have went unconscious first and then woke up to escape)

[@taripari4848]

Holy shit man, I would be scared even standing 10 steps away from that lake

[@tummyfungus]

Wow, I'd never heard of anything like this 😞 how devastating

[@garthst.claire3459]

Even if they had known about the incident in the other lake, I don't think many people would have left. Not only do people have an incredibly strong ability to convince themselves that nothing bad will happen despite signs pointing towards it, but a lot of those rural villagers probably didn't have anywhere else to go and their whole livelihood was wrapped up in that location. And since the two incidents were so far apart even if people had left, they would probably have returned by the time of the larger disaster. The only way they could have been saved, I guess, would have been if the government had spent the money and resources to resettle them in newly built villages in a safe distance from the lake (assuming that would have been possible)

[@angriella]

Too right they wouldn't have left, why would you leave a source of fresh water? People still live on the slopes of Vesuvius, that's where the fertile land is. People still live in Japan and New Zealand, even though they run the risk of dying in an earthquake, and so on around the world. You have to balance possible and probable.

[@ellenbryn]

Great video as always. Following up your final observations, I looked up to see the latest on Lake Kivu - I thought I remembered some project to deal with it as well. But it's complicated, because that lake has a huge layer of methane and quite a lot more poisonous hydrogen sulfide on top of the Co2 layer. Scientists have calculated the CO2 concentration on its own is not yet enough to cause an eruption - obviously, the water has to be carbonated to a certain degree - and that in Lake Kivu's case, the problem is methane. An energy company has been tapping the methane to generate electricity, but demand in the area is insufficient to make a dent in the amount of danger posed by the methane for decades. Furthermore, as this lake's chemistry is unique, and scientists can only model based on existing data and past event, there's a lot of debate about whether removing the methane and putting processed water back into the lake is a good idea. It will change the lake's chemistry and promote layer mixing, which may then set off a limnic eruption. Predictably, the energy company's experts insist there is no danger of this, while outside scientists sound the alarm. Finally, the article notes a fourth small "carbonated" lake has been found in Italy. Article: www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-021-02523-5/index.html

[@scarletamazon3455]

Fascinating (and frightening) stuff, thank you for doing the additional research and sharing!

[@geodeaholicm4889]

it is not suprizing that there would be a layer of H2S saturated water in that volcanic lake, but the fact that there is is Terrifying; H2S is the 2nd most deadly naturally occurring gas after cyanide, & that 2 million people are at serious risk of such a horrible fate is dreadfull to contemplate.

[@shannonp3400]

Thank you this was interesting

[@PiXie232]

That is really fascinating. I had no idea they were tapping methane from the lake to generate electricity. I knew they weren’t doing any degassing there. And that they were trying to implement it fairly recently. That really does sound incredibly dangerous putting the used water back into such a volatile lake- considering they really have no other lakes like it that have had the same thing done, and been alright- to make an assessment off of, let alone give the green light for the safety 2 million people’s lives. Wow. Scary stuff.

[@litigioussociety4249]

Thank you. It was very annoying that the video said nothing about whether or not they did the same fix for the bigger lake. I'm still confused as to why they can't install a vent system like at the other lake, even if it slowly vents it, as long as it vents more than is naturally added it will eventually be removed.

[@corvus1970]

Thank you for covering this. This sort of degassing event is called lake overturn, or more technically, a limnic eruption. Here's hoping we never witness a repeat overturn event in the future.

[@theoriginaleb9616]

Scientists, historians, and theologians have theorized that the great plagues of Egypt were due to a natural event like this. It’s a quite interesting theory, and compelling to think about.

[@bodemaxwell]

I was a second semester undergraduate student when this incident happened in August 1986. It was terrifying to say the least. I live in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Goma, which is nestled between the volcanic mountain Nyiragongo and Lake Kivu is a beautiful city in the east of the country. This lake, in between DRC and Rwanda, is estimated to harbour about 2.6 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide, about 5% of the world’s yearly emission of green house gases. It also contains a poisonous dose hydrogen sulphide-laced methane gas. On Saturday, May 22, 2021, Mount Nyiragongo erupted, spewing lava that reached the outskirts of Goma, located about 20km away. While scientists have raised the prospects of a limnic eruption, which is the violent release of the poisonous gases embedded in the lake, the international community must make concerted effort to prevent this from happening. The consequences of this happening will be more than anything this world has ever known. The city of Goma alone has a population of over 2 million. There are other highly populated cities and towns in both DRC and Rwanda in immediate danger should the gases under Lake Kivu explode.

[@kathyohara6658]

I had never heard about this tragedy before. I cannot begin to imagine the devastation to the whole country or to regain consciousness and find nobody and nothing living. Very sad.

[@casbyness]

Imagine the relief of finally discovering the edge of the impacted area, and seeing living beings again. Until that moment, you are unsure of whether literally everyone on Earth has been killed.

[@felixcat9318]

Had the government not suppressed the first deaths and sought outside help, this tragedy could have been completely avoided. Their failure to do so consigned those people to death...

[@theresagura74]

I love this channel. I will be watching this forever.

[@AndrewJamesWilliams]

I remember seeing a documentary about the tragedy when the first degassing pipe was installed. Talk about strange and eerie, though at least those who died would not have suffered, they would have simply fallen asleep and never woken up. Still the thought that such a disaster could happen again - on an even bigger scale - is deeply troubling.

[@robertdegroot8302]

The sensation of choking is triggered from a build up of CO2 in the body, not from a lack of oxygen. This is why you fall asleep with carbon monoxide poisoning, but not from CO2. This fits the description of the survivor.

[@jasminemason1174]

nope thats not true. CO2 causes acidosis. what you feel while drowning. if someone put their hand over your mouth while sleeping youd wake up.

[@JD-re3cj]

Anime kid saying ‘at least they didn’t suffer’ no, that’s your own version of what you want to believe. The truth is every person awake suffered. Stupidly you assume that everyone was asleep at the time and just quietly died. CO2 poisoning would be very unpleasant and painful.

[@handsomejack672]

Survivor said he heard his daughter's weird snoring. She's choked to death. Yeah you're right, she's not suffered at all.

[@Zeldafan1ify]

Imagine the silence this man felt when even the insects were dead.

[@casbyness]

And yet for all the plants, it was Tuesday.

[@robswystun2766]

Super interesting. Also really terrifying and tragic. Had never heard of this before.

[@killface4989]

Just found this channel. Starting at beginning. So happy YT suggested it. I'm guessing because I watch Fascinating Horror.

[@TheDebniak]

I have a few questions about the man who survived: what allowed him to survive? Who was the friend who knocked on his door? And what were the honey stains/wounds on his skin?

[@philrussell5258]

Yes I'd be interested to know what this was too?

[@naokitenomi9327]

The friend was a neighbor from upper Nyos named Ephraim. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4vXXmiZr8lpmaM

[@casbyness]

Maybe the "honey" was ectoplasm and the wounds were from his own soul, clawing and grasping at his body in total refusal to be dragged off into the afterlife. More seriously though, the guy could have gone through a massive 'adventure' during the event, but like a blackout drunk was completely unable to recall any of what happened when he awoke later. For all we know, he could have reflexively ran outside his home, climbed the tallest object he could find (scratching his arms and staining his clothes), survived the initial cloud, then climbed back down, gone back in his home, passed out from lingering gas, then woken up again later with no memory of his initial heroics. Practically speaking, he was probably just incredibly lucky. He likely passed out in some kind of elevated, warm, and almost entirely sealed indoor location, which prevented the deadly gas from forcing out all the breathable air. Like being in the eye of a hurricane. Maybe he instinctively clawed his way over to his home's rudimentary chimney, stuck himself partially inside it, and this left his head in a location where clean air persisted, untouched by the colder and heavier CO2. None of which he remembers, since during the event he actually awoke and passed out multiple times, leaving his final lucid position far away from the chimney or wherever else he might have hurt himself or sustained those wounds on. Hell, maybe the gas cloud contained a few bubbles of trapped oxygen, created by something unusual that was localised to a few spots under the lake's surface, and this guy was just lucky enough to find himself enveloped by that. Maybe the bubble was also carrying the cause of the stains and something that created his wounds.

[@Gboi8]

This is a good reminder that waking up in the morning is not a guarantee.

[@stephaniebaker6001]

I remember watching something about this tragedy on television years ago (probably Nat Geo or a similar network) and I was absolutely horrified, amazed AND quite fascinated that something like this was: A.) even possible and B.) could happen so indescribably quickly and efficiently. Having literally wiped out EVERY SINGLE LIVING lifeform (save the two(???) people who somehow miraculously survived) in its path. I'm not sure how ANYONE was able to survive this particularly devastating event, but my guess is that it was just out of pure, dumb luck. Not much was known at the time about this type of natural event, but if the earlier, smaller event had been reported, the victims of this tragedy could (possibly) have been at least somewhat aware of the possibility of the impending danger (although nobody would have known when exactly it was going to occur, nor could anything really be done as it happened with literally NO warning whatsoever.) I'm sure that even if something like this had happened here in the US, I doubt that we would have been any better prepared than the people of this particular little village were. The probabilty for such an event never would have even crossed their minds. I'm very glad that the issue was dealt with so it could (ostensibly) never happen again. I suppose the best measures that could be taken were taken in the aftermath, along with educating those who live near other prone lakes about the possibility of such a devastating event and why this happens. Who truly knows how many other lakes around the world located in equally remote places are just waiting to blow the same way Lake Nyos did? It isn't an impossibility and that is a VERY scary thought. I hope these innocent victims didn't suffer, but my rational mind tell me otherwise (at least to some extent.) Fortunately, the area wasn't as heavily populated as it might have been at the time, as many more could have succumbed to this strange eruption and its deadly, noxious fumes. They most likely believed that this was an act of God, but in reality it was a natural occurrence that proves just how dangerously random and cruel nature can be. May there never be another instance of nature rearing its ugly head like this again. As we become more and more aware that such dangers lie in wait like this, maybe we will be able to find more advanced and better ways and strategies in detecting and preventing them from happening again. As a result of that horrendous night, may all the poor souls who tragically lost their lives rest in peace. I sincerely hope their surviving loved ones have been able to eventually move forward after such a devastating and incredibly sad loss and know that their relatives truly did NOT die in vain. 😔😥❤❤❤ (Apologies for my ridiculously long comment! 🙃)

[@thersten]

Ain't nobody got time for all that!

[@stephaniebaker6001]

@@thersten If they made the time, it could be avoided again. I think they put in safeguards after this particular tragedy anyway. I was just postulating.

[@chicaylascholes3235]

Crack!

[@stephaniebaker6001]

@Dennis McConnell This is very true. It's frightening, isn't it?

[@casbyness]

I guess if you were indoors, elevated, inside a warmer pocket of air, and the wave of deadly gas couldn't entirely clear out the oxygen around you but instead penned it tightly amidst your general position, then your lungs would have a small fighting chance to keep supplying your unconscious brain with just enough nutrients to keep you in a light coma until the surroundings returned to normal, at which point you'd luckily wake back up. Who knows. Perhaps the brains of the two survivors were just drastically different from other people and animals (like they both suffered from those rare partial or hollow brain condtions, and this paradoxically saved their lives?) As horrifying as the experience of being a survivor would have been, how much of a HUGE relief would they have both felt once they got outside the perimeter of the cloud's effect and finally spotted living people again? Up until that moment, they would have been wondering if literally every person and animal on Earth had been killed.

[@kscorp5176]

Good quality video. Subscribed.

[@mitchellstephens08]

It’s like the surviving mans daughter asleep💤with that weird snore was having an opioid overdose. Respiratory depression as in an overdose when the patient can no longer breath. In this case the amount of oxygen in the air was almost non existent putting everyone & everything to sleep, forever. What an insane interesting story of science/biology

[@nct948]

very well documented and presented video. I had not heard of this phenomenon (or just can't remember). Nature has so many tricks, we have much to learn. As you say, let's hope the lesson has been learned.

[@davidjames1007]

Very interesting, never heard of this before. Thank you for sharing this interesting information

[@rositawest4279]

Wow! Thank you for posting this. I have never heard of this epic tragedy!

[@scottprather5645]

I remember reading about this sometime after it happened it was unbelievable

[@angriella]

I remember this being on the news, always creeped me out..

[@southwerk]

That was a truly excellent well scripted documentary!

[@jasperofreeds]

If it wasn't for the fact that Andromeda Effect was written before this tragedy I would bet my favorite hat that the story could be based off this. So terrible to see everyone you knew and loved dead all around you.

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

Youre the first one Ive heard to have used to example of it being like opening a shaken fully carbonated soda bottle. Now I get it much better, thumbs up.

[@keyboarddancers7751]

You've created an excellent new channel and presentational style, my friend.

[@sinkorswim5302]

Wow this is crazy I don't watch videos like these as often but this is like sprinkles on a cake.Its nice being the 200th comment though.

[@tpopo6829]

nice vid. i loved the music and the pictures were intersting

[@theravenseye9443]

Thanks Buddy - appreciate the comment.

[@Seadansr1]

never heard of this event. imagine being there and just walking and breathing and suddenly suffocating for no reason and each breath you take you are killing yourself even faster. insane

[@Straswa]

Great vid Raven's Eye, thanks for bringing this disaster to light.

[@penelopelopez8296]

That’s horrifying! All that loss of life is immeasurable.

[@ashishjoshi8148]

This is a nightmare. I hope such a horrific tragedy never happens again!

[@mossydreamz]

i cannot imagine the eeriness of finding these people, and the cattle, and then birds... until you realize EVERYTHING in the valley that breathes oxygen is just dead.

[@billsmith5166]

What a simple solution. I'd be a bit nervous with one vent though.

[@sangheiliwarrior86]

I think this phenomenon inspired a portion of the first episode of "Walking with Beasts".

[@RevoluitonaryTV]

I think this Lake can be reasonably categorized as an reallife SCP, atleast as a euclid-class! PS: Any suggestions for a fitting Number?

[@greendragon4058]

I have never ever heard this story, this was fascinating the only thing is I thought it was too short. I have learned something new today thank you you also have a new subscriber I like your videos

[@06eyM3]

The music drove me crazy, the background music. Im autistic, though, so its probably just me. Love your narrations and stories otherwise bro! Well done. Thx for making these vids for us.

[@ACE53621]

I don't like it either, it's too deep and vibratey.

[@adriennefloreen]

If you look at the geological record this was not an isolated incident but something that repeatedly happened over and over for thousands of years every time gas pressure built up in the lake. It has nothing to do with the landslide, it just happens when after a hundred or a few hundred years the gas pressure builds up enough to where it releases as a giant bubble. The gas venting tubes they have are insufficient and may actually only vent less than ten percent of the gas. I wouldn't go near this place. I'd travel to visit almost any volcano in the world even dangerous ones but not this one, not unless they do a lot more to ensure it's safe. Everyone living nearby should be warned, it is a very dangerous place to be because if something happens there's no warning and no chance of escape.

[@karochanyue]

Now I hv run out of videos to watch, hv been binge watching all your videos, this is the last. your channel is my new fav, Waiting for new upload and thank you in advance for your hard work 👍

[@lapensulo4684]

Sounds eerily similar to the movie “The Happening,” by M. Night. Shyalaman. Especially, the part where no one could get out of the way. This is how , ‘Nature,’ moved causing people to die in the movie. So, instead of calling the event an ‘Act if God,’. it was called an ‘Act of Nature.’

[@EphemeralProductions]

Makes one wonder how many more of these are around the world that no one knows about. There’s got to be at least 1 in North America and probably a few in South America

[@kidznowadayz]

That one anaerobic bacteria: see honey, i told you evolution into aerobic was not good !

[@jordanscherr6699]

I'm curious, was that stock footage to illustrate water reaching the top, or was there an actual monitoring camera up there? I won't fault you too much for the illustration if no media exists, but wouldn't mind a disclaimer.

[@TheirIAre]

Same question

[@cynthiatolman326]

Such a horrible event. I barely remember something about gasses from a lake, but I know I didn't hear a the details. If he first victims had been reported, this could have been prevented and I pray they've done something bout the even greater threat.

[@favaalessandro1005]

Very clear and enjoyable video. Good listening exercise!! Thank you

[@lemastre]

I'm amazed we fixed this. nice.

[@vickichavez9956]

So sad the loss of life

[@lukehorning3404]

That is probably one of the worst ways to die that’s a crazy natural disasters I’ve ever heard of almost biblical

[@lieshtmeiser5542]

Thanks for this video...absolutely amazing.

[@nancyjones6780]

Those photos are tragic!!

[@mathew85]

Even more frightening is this killed with no warning or sound.

[@tyroniousyrownshoolacez2347]

You said, "...there were a couple survivors...". Did they figure out how or why?

[@samanthagomez7074]

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[@freonmanson5374]

Damn, who wldve thought. Good info. Appreciate it

[@hcbnett]

TIA - This is Africa - anything can & does happen ....

[@justascott]

Prior to the tragedy wouldn't they have realized by the lack of fish living in the lake?

[@austinadams3400]

excuse me sir i think the algorithm is kicking in

[@scarletamazon3455]

I think so too! I love discovering a hidden gem of a channel right before it blows up. Nice to see worthwhile channels succeed.

[@StanWatt.]

There are photo's showing a rock slide on the night of the tragedy that caused the gases to be expelled from the bottom of the lake. Comparing pictures of the walls of the crater before and after revealed a rock slide had taken place.

[@bigisrick]

Listening to this with headphones on was torture. Can here this dudes tongue and lips smacking the whole video 🤮

[@theravenseye9443]

Aye - have learned audio editing since then (this was my first vid) - and bought a better mic.

[@bigisrick]

@@theravenseye9443 way better than anything I could do. Still watched till the end

[@madgary5827]

Old story but well done, again! Like 🙂

[@sharonannrees2824]

Amazing, the horrendous power of nature!

[@6210195221089]

Your videos are exceptionally well done

[@markwendt3838]

An outstanding and informative video

[@fredMplanenut]

How very sad, very very sad.

[@jordanscherr6699]

Definingly a "what if," but how high would someone have to be for such a CO2 cloud to sweep beneath them? Obviously most rural area hills or towers wouldn't be enough. But what about in a more built-up area. Would someone on the third story of a house potentially survive?

[@aezakmi3766]

4:10 here he gave numbers to compare , In this case if you lived more than 50 meters above ground ,there was chance you'll live.

[@jordanscherr6699]

@@aezakmi3766 Which means no, my three story apartment building wouldn't have saved me. And this is a small Lake by comparison, so yee gods! Good thing these lakes are rare, cuz anything in their path is toast when they blow.

[@chrishenniker5944]

There were even rumours of a weapons test, either by the government or by the Americans. Bear in mind that this was at the height of the Cold War, so these rumours would have spread quite quickly.

[@beaneesrotties420]

That’s crazy. Would be such a trip to be that man driving and to know there was no king of living things all around and as far as he could see….

[@saragrant9749]

This seems almost scripted out of a horror movie- except it’s real. Just haunting to think about.

[@ronjohnson5070]

I was waiting for the narrator to say things like ultra-violence, eggy wegs and me drugues

[@newguy3588]

How about a sensor and early detection system as well?

[@elisabird6245]

An excellent summary, thank you. I thought Lake Kivu was in Rwanda. When I checked it turns out to be on the DRC/Rwanda border. So we are both right. Best wishes

[@keithdavison2960]

Mother Nature is not to be messed with

[@pearldrummer4456]

Same thing is happening in smaller quantities at breweries across the country. Workers have no idea.

[@leroyjones6958]

Nice! :)

[@tripleA34]

did you do something else on youtube? i could've sworn i've heard your voice somewhere else. this is a great video, and you've certainly earned yourself a sub, but i just wanted to know :)

[@Road_Rash]

Definitely sounds like a case of too much volcano...🌋🌋🌋

[@user-gs8jv4oq6w]

Jesus! That’s crazy stuff about lake kiwu!

[@CJFast]

When I was about 20, in the mid to late eighties, I talked to Howard Finster on the phone. He told me about a day when he took a nap on his couch. He had a dream about a cloud of gas that came out of a lake, and swept over a field and killed all the livestock and people. He woke up from the dream and turned on the TV, and watched a news report exactly like this.

[@robertcronin6603]

Wow... pretty intense 😳

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

Kinda crazy that that one guy survived it.

[@renees1021]

I don't recall hearing about this. No one spoke of it, at least that I heard.

[@exrobowidow1617]

It was all over the news when it first happened, but by the time people figured out what caused it, I was lucky to have seen an article that barely explained it.

[@darylcheshire1618]

I dimly recall that one of the lakes has a pipe connected to a turbine so the gas charged water is self propelled through the turbine and supplies electricty to the town. I forget where this is.