What effects pyroclastic flows have on people?

Answer 1

Pyroclastic flows are known to outrun cars. Which makes it almost impossible to outdrive/ outrun one. They are also knwon to take down houses. Tthey kill humans by taking you under, where yo cannot breathe, or you will get crushed by very large masses of rock, or possibly suffocate from the gas inside of it. Lon story short, do go near one, you will get hurt. ) =

Answer 2

One of the many possibilities is that the deadly fumes and ash can suffocate a person and or persons untli they die from lack of oxygen.

Another is that if they do not doe from suffocation the ash if in a high enough quantity can bury you alive because it can get as deep as 20 feet..

Also, pyroclastic flows are incredibly hot (they can reach temperatures of up to 1,000 °C) so the person would burn in a matter of seconds.

Answer 3

If you are near the pyroclastic flow, you will most certainly die. The flows are fast and incredibly hot.

You can be crushed by the rocks and ash, burnt by the incredible heat, choke on the ashes, and the flow also contains poisonous gases.

So there are at least 4 ways the flow can kill someone, that I can give you quickly off the top of my head.

Answer 4

Primarily through heat. Temperatures in pyroclastic flows can easily exceed 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit and can be as hot as 1,800 degrees. Anyone exposed to such temperature will burn to death. The flows move fast enough and carry enough material that some people may be crushed by the sheer force, or buried under super-heated rock. On top of that, the gases in the flows may be toxic.

Answer 5

they burn anything and everything in its path