How do volcanoes affect the weather and what's going on with the Tongan eruption?
- strongamanda1
- Jan 21, 2022
- 1 min read
How do volcanoes affect the weather and what's going on with the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai eruption?
Close to an eruption there is a huge impact as the volcano releases moisture, ash, and gases into the atmosphere.
Within the volcanic plume, electrical charges can build to trigger lightning and the aerosols can seed rain.
Volcanoes can even produce "mud rain" if the conditions are right.
When that rain hits the surface it can then do more damage in the form of a lahar, where volcanic ash flows in a deadly mudslide.
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