News Report Script.

Lilli: BREAKING NEWS, the volcano of Krakatoa erupted today, Monday, 27 th August 1883. We are currently on
the island of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait, between the islands of Java and Sumatra Indonesia.
Sophie: This is the 3rd eruption in the last year. Starting in May, smoke and steam started venting from
Perboewatan, the northernmost cone. A few tsunamis and explosions were reported as well.
Lilli: And even though seismologists recorded all these events, they were not as destructive as other events in
that area and were mistaken for minor causes for alarm.
Sophie: In June, the island of Krakatoa was covered in smoke for almost a week due to another eruption that
took place. It is believed that this explosion prompted the 3 rd and deadliest explosion, the one we are talking
about today.
Lilli: Now, what happened EXACTLY?
Sophie: Well, at 2pm on August 26th, a solid cloud of ash was released 27.3 km into the air. After this, an
explosion took place almost every 10 min. Over to you Lilli:
Lilli: By the next morning, the eruptions had gained lots of momentum, resulting in 4 massive explosions. The
first came from the northernmost cone, Perboewatan., and the second from the middle, Danan. But it was the
3rd eruption that was the most destructive.
Sophie: At 10:02 a.m. on August 27, Krakatoa erupted with a sound that is, to date, considered the loudest
sound ever, with 310 decibels. To show how loud that is, the sound from the atomic bombs dropped on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were 248 decibels, and a police siren average at around 110 decibels.
Lilli: Experts believe that anyone standing within 10 miles of the explosion would have been instantly rendered
deaf. Im glad that wasn’t me. The eruption was also loud enough that it was heard in Perth, Australia, about
3058 km away, and by the residents of the island Rodrigues, which was about 4828 km away.
Sophie: We just got an interesting email from our sponsors, saying that a lot of our viewers don’t know how
volcanoes work. Honestly, this is very surprising, I thought most people knew how volcanoes worked.
Lilli: We still must explain. Well, a volcano happens when magma erupts through an opening in the ground.
This usually happens on the borders of tectonic plates, called fault lines.
Sophie: oh, and btw, our world isn’t just one giant rock. The surface is made up of plates that shift and move
causing many different natural disasters. These are called tectonic plates.
Lilli: yes, and when the shift and move they let extremely hot magma up to the surface. This erupts and is then
called a volcano.
Sophie: Now I have a question, what was the impact on the climate, I mean I did hear a weird sound in my
hometown while I was out grocery shopping, but I heard that there was quite a big impact on the climate as
well.

Lilli: Actually you are right, the impact on the climate will be very huge. During the next 24 hours, hot
avalanches of ash raced down the volcano and across the sea. Most of the volcanic island collapsed
into the ocean, triggering tsunamis and creating a giant underwater crater, or caldera.  The eruption
devastated surrounding islands and the coast of Java, causing over 36,000 fatalities.

Sophie: Can you believe it?

Lilli: Maybe you noticed, but ash the sent into the atmosphere darkened the sky and made vividly
colored sunsets. I watched it and it was beautiful.  

Sophie: Ooh that sounds nice. I wish I have also seen it. Ok but that isn’t the only effect, right?

 Lilli: No, I heard from a few scientists that the eruption will cause a drop in climate average
temperature and we may have volcanic-winter-like weather and…

Sophie:…Wait, I have to interrupt you there what does that mean?

Lilli: That we will have about four years of unusually cold weather! Not only that, but the amount of
rainfall might also increase.

Sophie: WOW! That sounds intense.

Lilli: Yeah it is, and I really don’t look forward to this cold weather. Ok now back to you. Nika202 asked
what impact it had on the humans, An interesting question.

Sophie: Yes indeed. Sadly over 36,000 people got killed. Many died as a result of thermal injury from
the blasts of the volcano. Because of a force of 200 megatons of TNT. By comparison, the bomb that
destroyed the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945 had a force of 20 kilotons or nearly 10,000 times
less power.

Lilli: Omg, that sounds harsh, those poor families, we send you all of our support, and don’t forget to
tune in later when we interview some families that lost family members. I heard that there was also a
tsunami caused by the eruption. Sophie will tell us the details.

Sophie: Yes. Because of the 30m high tsunami on Sunda strait,  thousands of more people got killed.
The tsunami also washed away 165 coastal villages on Java and Sumatra.

Lilli: Jesus Christ

Sophie: Yeah. The Krakatoa eruption also produced the loudest sound in modern history, one that
was heard across more than 10 percent of Earth's surface, people heard what sounded like distant
gunfire. People within this 160km vicinity of the eruption have experienced intense ear pain and
permanent hearing loss from exposure to these concussion waves.

Lilli: Ok. Let's take a look at the headlines. We will have an add break and then have several interviews
with the victims of the Krakatoa eruption. And to remind you again…

Sophie: Don’t forget to tune in

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