The in-depth story of the Lake Nyos Limnic Eruption Disaster. It is an ordinary day for Doctor Emmanuel Ngu Mbi on August 22, 1986. The chief of the Subum village’s health center in North West ...

Death in the Air - The Lake Nyos Limnic Eruption Explained. Posted: April 3, 2025 | Last updated: July 10, 2025. No warning, no fire, no explosion—just silence, then death.

A handful have also happened in recent times to deadly effect, with the limnic eruption at Cameroon’s Lake Nyos, in 1986, being the most infamous example.

The lake experienced what is known as a limnic eruption. Lake Nyos is not the only body of water in the region to carry properties that lead some to term them “killer lakes,” but scientists ...

Lake Nyos is one of only a few lakes known to experience limnic eruptions. (Image: Getty) A serene lake in Africa turned blood orange before it tragically killed nearly 1,800 people.

On August 21, 1986, a limnic eruption at Lake Nyos, Cameroon, released a massive cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating over 1,700 people and countless animals. The gas, originating from the lake's ...

NY Post graphic. Of the three lakes, Nyos most recently suffered a limnic eruption in 1986 after a landslide – the consequences were tragic as 1,800 people in nearby villages died from asphyxiation.

The death toll from the disaster of Lake Nyos, caused by a so-called "limnic" eruption, was so high that scientists and engineers were tasked with preventing it happening again.Three years later ...

When Lake Nyos erupted in 1986, it asphyxiated nearly 2,000 people and wiped out four villages in Cameroon. ... The risk of limnic eruption is linked to this vertical movement. ...