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It was a tragic afternoon in the city of Pompeii where the entire city had been wiped out by an eruption. The eruption came from the dormant volcano, Mount Vesuvius. That day was on August 24th, 17A.D around 1:30 PM.
A dark cloud of ashes and debris began to rise from the volcanic crater. In about a half hour later, the whole city was covered in a sheet of darkness. It started to look what looks like rain, but was enough to see that it was rocks and ashes falling from the sky.
The citizens were in total disbelief, but were also frightened at what they were seeing. Almost everyone left to gather their belongings and avoid the disaster by leaving the city for protection. The city was almost deserted, but there were a few people still in the city for some odd reason.
At around 11:30 pm, the people in the city saw a change undergoing in the volcano. The worst thing was happening fast at that time. A landslide called a pyroclastic flow started rushing quickly down the mountain. The pyroclastic flow contained hot gas and rock which unexpectedly headed another direction avoiding Pompeii. The pyroclastic flow headed towards Herculaneum and completely slaughtered the city unexpectedly.
The 1st flow wasn’t the end of the Pompeian’s worries because an hour later, another pyroclastic flow was coming. Again though, the flow didn’t reach the city of Pompeii. After four hours past, a third pyroclastic flow came, but was unusual because the flow only reached to the northern walls and stopped no further. Not much damage was caused. Soon enough though, the whole city will eventually be enclosed.
The fourth pyroclastic flow completely wiped out the whole city. The city was engulfed that fateful day and luckily there were survivors to tell us what they could help make this report.
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