WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Explosions created hot avalanches of rock, ash, and gases that sped down the volcano’s flank. Over two days, Pompeii and nearby Herculaneum were buried by these deadly ashflows. Many of their 20, 000 citizens were killed. Today, a million people live within range of the volcano that could again erupt catastrophically.

Detailed explanation-2: -Around noon on August 24, 79 ce, a huge eruption from Mount Vesuvius showered volcanic debris over the city of Pompeii, followed the next day by clouds of blisteringly hot gases. Buildings were destroyed, the population was crushed or asphyxiated, and the city was buried beneath a blanket of ash and pumice.

Detailed explanation-3: -On August 24, after centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing thousands.

Detailed explanation-4: -On 24th August 79 CE, after centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shaking southern Italy and the whole of the Roman Empire. The eruption was so catastrophic that it destroyed the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing thousands.