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 was a time bomb. On Aug. 21, 1986, something in the lake went off. ... The lake literally exploded in what's known as a limnic eruption, ...

Lake Kivu is an enormous reservoir of gas. | Steve Evans, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 2.0 What triggered Lake Nyos's limnic eruption remains unknown. It could have been something as small as a rock ...

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.

What is a limnic eruption, ... In 1984 an eruption in Lake Monoun killed 37 people. In 1986 the release of up to one cubic kilometre of CO2 from nearby Lake Nyos asphyxiated over 1,700 people.

After the limnic eruption of Lake Nyos, lakes in Japan were studied, and it was confirmed that none had a buildup of CO 2. How much CO 2 is being released from Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun every year?