On the west side of Italy, a six foot chamber of magma is building under Mt. Vesuvius. Mt. Vesuvius is a volcano that is still active to this day but, in 79 A.D. the volcano erupted wiping away the city of Pompeii and killing almost everyone in the city. The eruption killed over 16,000 people and it wiped away all the belongings of the people who did make it out alive. The eruption was a total surprise. No warning was given because the volcano eruption was completely unpredictable. Mt. Vesuvius is the only volcano known to be active on mainland Europe. The eruption lasted for 25 hours. During the eruption, because of the fact that the volcano had been building up for years without eruption, the explosion released toxic gas and tons of
