Pompeii Case Study

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Pompeii 79.A.D Mount Vesuvius eruption In 79.A.D Pompeii was hit with one the worst volcano eruptions. Disaster is a sudden event, such as an accident or natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life. Pompeii 79.A.D Mount Vesuvius eruption included many details common to volcanos and caused damage and destruction to property and lives that affected the region, but the area has recovered in its aftermath. Mount Vesuvius caused great damage and destruction to Pompeii in 79.A.D.
About 20,000 people killed. Meters thick ash covered the city. If people weren’t killed by the ash there lungs filled with toxic gasses. The people of Pompeii would’ve been suffocated or burned to death. As the city was being covered with ash and

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