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Houses on Una-Una island were devastated by pyroclastic flows from Colo volcano in 1983 that swept over virtually the entire island. All residents had been evacuated by the day before the July 23 paroxysmal eruption. Copyrighted photo by Katia and Maurice Krafft, 1983.

Houses on Una-Una island were devastated by pyroclastic flows from Colo volcano in 1983 that swept over virtually the entire island. All residents had been evacuated by the day before the July 23 paroxysmal eruption.

Copyrighted photo by Katia and Maurice Krafft, 1983.

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