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Volcanoes: Pyroclastic Flow

Related Article: Learn more about the pyroclastic flow eruption on Montserrat.

An erupting volcano's 600 degree pyroclastic flow moves at speeds of over one hundred miles an hour and carbonizes victims in its path.

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