A volcanic eruption is possibly the most spectacular example of the incredible power of nature- and few eruptions in history have been quite as spectacular as that of Krakatoa. Until the summer of 1883 this volcano, (1) …… on an island between Java and Sumatra, had been quiet for over two hundred years. In May that year came the first (2) ……of renewed activity. Then at 10am on 27 August, the (3) ……island began to explode.
The explosion were heard 3,500 km (4) …… In Australia. Clouds of ash were blown 80km into the sky, blocking (5) ……the sun and plunging the surrounding areas into complete darkness for two and a half days. This ash (6) ………the Earth several times, causing spectacular red sunsets all over the world (7) ………the following year.
The eruption triggered tidal waves which were recorded as far away as South America and Hawaii. The biggest and most (8)…… of these waves was 37m high; it (9) …… out 36,000 people who lived in the coastal towns of Java and Sumatra.
For the next forty-five years the region remained quiet. Then in 1927 a series of eruptions under the sea led to the (10) …… of a tiny island where Krakatoa once was. This “Child of Krakatoa” now stands over 200m above sea level.
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