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The Killer Lake of Cameroon

In 1986 hundreds of thousands tonnes of poisonous carbon dioxide was released from the volcanic lake Nyos in Cameroon. The disaster killed 1600 people.

What happened to the survivors? And what did scientists make of the eruption?

Presented by Carolyn Dempster

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30 minutes

大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project