2023-12-03 08:37:38
“Lake Toba” located in the northern part of North Sumatra, Indonesia, is the world’s largest volcanic lake and a popular tourist attraction in Indonesia. The Indonesian National Disaster Management Bureau (BNPB) pointed out on the 2nd that flash floods have erupted in the area recently. , resulting in one death and 11 missing people. Rescue work is in progress.
“Archyde.com” reported that Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Authority issued a statement on the evening of the 2nd, stating that the shores of Lake Toba were hit by flash floods caused by heavy rains on the evening of the 1st, causing damage to dozens of houses, a church, a school and a hotel. Pictures show a large number of boulders, trees and soil rolling down from the top of the mountain, destroying some houses. The agency pointed out that a rescue team of regarding 350 people has been dispatched to search and rescue using heavy machinery, and regarding 200 people have been evacuated.
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Lake Toba is 100 kilometers long, 30 kilometers wide, covers an area of 1,130 square kilometers, has a deepest depth of 505 meters, and an altitude of 905 meters. It is the largest volcanic lake in the world. It was formed by the eruption of a supervolcano 75,000 years ago ( The largest in the past 25 million years), the lake contains Samosir, the world’s largest island within an island.
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The second largest volcanic lake in the world is Lake Taupo in New Zealand, which is also the largest lake in New Zealand; the third to fifth are Taal Lake in the Philippines and Atti, Guatemala respectively. Lake Atitlan, Lake Bolsena, Italy.
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