SUPER VOLCANO The time bomb

Approximately sixty volcanoes erupt every year. Some eruptions are big, some are small. Mount St. Helens is an active volcano in Washington, USA. On May 15th 1980, there was an earthquake in the Mount St. Helens area, and ten minutes later the volcano erupted.

Translation:
Aproximadament seixanta volcans erosionen cada any. A vegades són grans i a vegades són petits. Mount St. Helens es un volcà actiu a Washington, USA. El 15 de Maig de 1980, hi va aver un terratrèmol en l'àrea de Mount St. Helens, i deu minuts després el volcà va erosionar.


An explosion of hot rock, lava and gas, travelling at 300 miles per hour, destroyed everything in the area, there were floods and landslides, and 400 metres of the mountain disappeared. The cloud of volcanic ash was 12 miles high, and the ash closed roads 200 miles away.

Translation:
La explosió de la roca calenta, lava I gas, va travessar 300 milles per hora, va destrossar totes les coses de l'àrea. Hi van aver inundacions I terratrèmols I 400 metres de muntanya va desapareixe. Els núvols de cendra del volcà a 12 milles d'alçada, I la cendra va travessar la carretera 200 milles.


Now, imagines a volcano 1000 times bigger and more destructive, than Mount St. Helens. Imagine a “super volcano”. Experts say that the last eruption of a 'super volcano’. Experts say that the last eruption of a super volcano was 75000yaears ago in Toba, Indonesia. Plants and animals which were 2500 miles away from Toba died under 35 centimetres of ash. Ash from the volcano blocked the sun for a year. In this volcanic “winter” it was dark, cold and rainy. The rain was acid and there wasn’t much food. Only 5000 humans survived on the planet.

Translation:
Ara, imagino un volcà 1000 vegades mes gran I mes destructiu que el Mount St. Helens. Imagina el “super volcà”. Els experts diuen que l'ultima erupció del super volcà fa 75000 anys en Toba, Indonèsia. Les plantes I animals de 2500 milles de Toba van morir I van quedar enterrats sobre 35 cm de cendra. La cendra del volcà va bloquejar el sol un any. El volcà a l'hivern es fosc, fred I plujos. La pluja era acida I 5000 únics humans van sobreviure al planeta.

There is another super volcano in Yellowstone National Park in the USA. Super volcanoes are not mountains; they are under the earth, and under Yellowstone there is an area of lava 50 kilometres long. There are often earthquakes in the

Translation:
Hi ha un altre super volcà en Yellowstone Nacional Park dels EEUU. El super volcà no era una muntanya, era sota la terra I sota Yellowstone hi ha una zona de lava de 50 km de llarg. Hi han vegades terratrèmols en aquella zona I alguns experts pensen que el super volcà Yellowstone pot erosionar aviat. Alguns científics prediuen una petita erupció de Mount St. Helens. Uns altres científics prediuen una terrible catàstrofe – una catàstrofe per el planeta I una catàstrofe per al home.