Volcanic Hazard Communication at Pinatubo from 1991 to 2015

@inproceedings{Newhall2017VolcanicHC,
  title={Volcanic Hazard Communication at Pinatubo from 1991 to 2015},
  author={Christopher G. Newhall and Renato U Solidum},
  year={2017},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:164787632}
}
When Pinatubo re-awakened in early 1991, very few people within the vicinity were familiar with volcanic hazards, and even fewer believed that Pinatubo could impact them. Scientists knew more, but were still struggling to answer: How often and how explosively did Pinatubo erupt, and when was its most recent eruption? What precursors could be expected in advance of a very large (VEI ≥ 6) explosive eruption? What was happening beneath Pinatubo that was driving 1991 unrest… 
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