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Nios
or Ny·os
[ nee-ohs ]
noun
- Lake, a volcanic lake in Cameroon, at the NW border: eruption 1986.
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Lake Nios, affectionately dubbed the "good lake" by local residents, no longer shimmered a welcoming blue.
A government employee who had been motorcycling to Nios from Wum first discovered the disaster.
But when he got closer to Nios, the impact of what had happened struck him as he saw more and more bodies of people and animals.
Unfortunately, the lands surrounding Lake Nios may have to be evacuated permanently if scientists determine that a recurrence seems likely.
Then a silent plume of colorless gas shot up from the turbulent depths of Lake Nios, just inside Cameroon's northwest border.
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