Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was a scene out of a horror movie. There was no sound, the air was deadly still, and the putrid smell of rotting eggs wouldn’t ...

Nyos — Pioneer Divisional Delegate of Environment Emmanuel Tumi, for Bui, sounded a warning nearly a fortnight ago that Lake Nyos still poses danger to life in its surroundings. The Delegate was ...

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Government intensifies efforts to make resettlement areas safe for survivors. On August 21st, 1986 Cameroon counted some 1,700 dead following the outburst of lake Nyos. Nineteen years after survivors ...

ON THE NIGHT OF THE APOCALYPSE, Ephriam Che was in his mud-brick house on a cliff above Nyos, a crater lake in the volcanic highlands of northwest Cameroon. A half-moon lit the water and the hills and ...

One night in 1986, Lake Nyos in Cameroon released massive clouds of carbon dioxide, enveloping entire villages and killing thousands. Since then a dicey game has been played out by scientists battling ...

It looked peaceful. Then the lake exhaled—and an entire valley fell silent. This is the terrifying true story of Lake Nyos, where over 1,700 people died without warning. CDC warns of new virus ...