According to him, part of the measures put in place to manage flooding included construction of Kashimbilla dam designed to contain eventual break of
Lake Nyos, reservoirs, artificial lakes and buffers, barriers, irrigation facilities and other structural controls.
In the deadlier of the two episodes, at
Lake Nyos in 1986, more than 1,700 people were asphyxiated when a cloud of carbon dioxide, which burst from the lake along with a 100-meter fountain of water, spread as far as 25 kilometers from shore.
1986: More than 1700 people were killed when a cloud of gas escaped from
Lake Nyos in Cameroon.
Lake Nyos sits in the crater of an inactive volcano.
Nature Shock (8.00pm) This documentary examines the circumstances surrounding the mysterious deaths of nearly 2,000 people near
Lake Nyos in north-west Cameroon, severely depleting the populations of three lakeside villages.
THIS extraordinary documentary tells how, more than 20 years ago, hundreds of people who lived by the banks of
Lake Nyos in north-west Cameroon dropped dead without any obvious signs of injury or struggle.
Nature Shock (8.00pm) The mysterious deaths of nearly 2,000 people living on
Lake Nyos in north-west Cameroon, severely depleting the populations of three lakeside villages.
NATURE Shock (five, 8pm) tells how, more than 20 years ago, hundreds of people who lived by the banks of
Lake Nyos in north-west Cameroon dropped dead without any obvious signs of injury or struggle.
This nightmare scenario was brought to life via Cameroon's
Lake Nyos in 1986, when a landslide shifting tonnes of rocks into the lake bed resulted in the penetration of gasses, including previously trapped carbon.