A seemingly ordinary day for Doctor Emmanuel Ngum Mbi turned into one of the most haunting moments in Cameroon’s history. While cycling back to his home in Sabum village, he noticed something odd - a ...

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The world often seems inured to suffering in obscure places. But in 1986 a freakish act of nature deep in Cameroon put the impoverished West African nation on the front pages, and into the record ...

In August 1986 Lake Nyos in northwest Cameroon suddenly released a massive cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating more than ...

LAKE NYOS, Cameroon — It began quietly, with a white mist that bubbled out of this crater lake deep in Cameroon’s mountainous interior. The mist formed into a cloud, dropped over a cliff and poured ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Click to view The images you see above are of a deep lake in Camaroom called Nyos — before and after it killed almost 2,000 people with a burst of ...

Researchers involved in a unusual project to prevent natural disasters in two African lakes say the first few years of the attempt have gone well, but have not yet made things safe. The project aims ...

WITH today’s technological advancements, there are now applications that can alert us when natural disasters are about to strike. Some of these online apps, which send real-time notifications, can ...

August 21, 1986, was a busy market day in the village of Lower Nyos and that evening most people went to bed early. The next morning, some 1,700 people and 3,000 domestic animals were discovered lying ...