• Question: what is the worst volcano eruupting today??

    Asked by chay to James V on 29 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: James Verdon

      James Verdon answered on 29 Jun 2012:

      Hi chay,

      There are volcanoes erupting around the world every day, but we don’t hear about most of them because they are smaller and do not do much damage.

      Some of the worst volcanoes could be the ones that are not really erupting at the moment, but are storing up for a big one. For example, Yellowstone in the USA could produce a really big eruption if it went off. There’s a couple in Indonesia, Toba and Tambora that have had huge eruptions in the past, and if they go off again they could do a lot of damage.

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