Laki Eruption’s Deadly Fallout

The deadliest volcanic eruption in recorded history occurred in 1783 when Iceland's Laki volcano erupted. Its effects killed 25% of Iceland's population, at least 23,000 people in Britain, and many more across Europe. The eruption triggered a year of freak weather and may have caused a famine in Egypt that wiped out one-sixth of its population.

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