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Nios
Or Ny·os
[nee-ohs]
noun
Lake, a volcanic lake in Cameroon, at the NW border: eruption 1986.
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Lake Nios, affectionately dubbed the "good lake" by local residents, no longer shimmered a welcoming blue.
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A government employee who had been motorcycling to Nios from Wum first discovered the disaster.
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But when he got closer to Nios, the impact of what had happened struck him as he saw more and more bodies of people and animals.
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Unfortunately, the lands surrounding Lake Nios may have to be evacuated permanently if scientists determine that a recurrence seems likely.
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Then a silent plume of colorless gas shot up from the turbulent depths of Lake Nios, just inside Cameroon's northwest border.
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