2. The Tambora is a volcano located in Indonesia,
on the island of Sumbawa.
3. The ash cloud emitted by the explosion spread
to more than 600 km from the epicenter of the
eruption and the cloud generated in 24 hours, it
is believed, was enough to cover the sun for 2
days.
4. The pyroclastic ash cloudskilled12,000
people, besides the 49,000 people killed in
Sumbawa and Lombok from
starvation, because the clouds of ash destroyed
the crops. A record like we have elsewhere in
the world.