Cameroon's killer lakes

More work is needed urgently to prevent potentially fatal releases of gas from two lakes in Cameroon, scientists say... In 1984, a sudden release of carbon dioxide from Lake Monoun killed about 40 people by suffocation. Two years later, a similar incident at Lake Nyos resulted in much larger loss of life, estimated at nearly 2,000 people.

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