In 2014, scientists released a study that found pregnant women’s stress levels during the ice storm affected the genetic expression of their children. Some people wandered off the road, blinded by the black dust. As if that alone wasn’t scary enough, the lava fountains which had begun fluctuating as high as 230 feet, gave rise to a so-called volcanic tornado. Volcanic tornadoes can pick up pieces of lava and fling it about, causing even more destruction. In 2014, volcanic tornadoes swirled above the lava of Iceland’s Holuhraun eruption in a cloud of poisonous sulfur dioxide gas.

Source: The Nation July 17, 2021 06:56 UTC