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Choose a Page:Where are extinct volcanoes found?What makes an avalanche so deadly?What happens inside a volcano?What causes landslides?What causes an earthquake?*Are some volcanoes more dangerous ...*What is a caldera?How does wildfire spread?What is a waterspout?Can disasters be predicted?Where do volcanoes happen most?Is a typhoon the same thing as a h...Is a twister like a hurricane? Are some volcanoes more dangerous than others? Lava produced from magma coming straight up from the mantle is very runny and erupts in slow lava flows, which form broad, low volcanoes like those in Iceland. If the lava is made of old plate material it is very sticky and erupts explosively and without warning, the way Mount Saint Helens in the United States did. A volcanic eruption   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: Earth Chapter: Natural Disasters