How to Use lahar in a Sentence

lahar

noun

• The rush of debris, known as a lahar, roars down the slope at 120 miles per hour like a runaway freight train.
  — Jim Nash, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2017
• Hernandez peers into the narrow open space and points to the back wall of the house, where the lahar hit the structure.
  — Mark Stevenson, Fox News, 8 June 2018
• The force of lahars can move huge boulders and destroy bridges and buildings.
  — Rachel Beane, The Conversation, 1 May 2023
• Nuts, fruits, leaves and twigs were caught in the lahar, and their fossils can be seen in the Clarno formation along the Trail of Fossils.
  — Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020
• Also of concern is the potential for what are known as lahars, or flows of debris.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 19 Jan. 2018
• The ski field runs two lahar exercises every year: one planned and one blind.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 16 Oct. 2017
• Not much ash hazard from a lahar either, so your helicopter will save you as well.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
• Once in contact with the lava, the snow and vice would instantly melt, flood over the slopes of the mountain in torrential mudslides called lahars.
  — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
• That's why volcanoes like Mt. Rainier have lahar warning systems for the towns downslope from the volcano.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2019
• Not surprisingly, most of the damage around the volcano has been done by flooding and/or lahars, thanks to the ash and debris-choked rivers like Rio Blanco.
  — Erik Klemetti, WIRED, 19 June 2008
• In late May 2008, a few weeks after the eruption began, a volcanic mudflow (lahar) flooded the entire town.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2019
• The heat from Mount Rainier’s lava flows could potentially melt the snow and ice on the volcano, causing a rapid downstream flow of mud, rocks and debris called lahar.
  — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 6 June 2018
• This flow was somewhere between a pyroclastic flow and a volcanic muddled (lahar), but too cool to be the former and too dry to be the latter.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2015
• Simulation of a large lahar from the Sunset Amphitheatre area of Mt. Rainier.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 17 May 2022
• A few days later, rainstorms caused lahars, or ashen mudslides, which damaged the areas further.
  — Lila Thulin, Smithsonian, 6 Sep. 2019
• Orting would be directly in the path of a lahar, and local officials each year conduct drills in which children move from school to higher ground to escape the flow.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 13 May 2018
• Seattle is probably safely out of reach of any future volcanic lahars, Moran said.
  — The Seattle Times, OregonLive.com, 8 May 2018
• The pyroclastic flow melted snow and sent a volcanic debris flow — called a lahar — raging down for 15 miles down Lost Creek, and fueled floodwaters to hit Hat Creek.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, latimes.com, 22 May 2018
• The worst of the volcano's impact, lahars and pyroclastic flows, are chain reactions following the fiery eruption.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 4 June 2018
• When this mixes with the volcanic debris, rainfall can form dangerous mudflows called lahars.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 4 June 2018
• The lahars easily inflicted more damage than the eruption.
  — Jim Nash, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2017
• This lahar was generated due to heavy rains on the slopes of the volcano and thanks to its recent activity, there was a lot of ash and volcanic debris to remobilize down the river channels.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2016
• Video showed lahar slamming into and partly destroying a highway bridge.
  — Carolina Gamazo and Kate Linthicum, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
• Ash from the volcano fell on Guatemala City and in the town of Antigua, a colonial-era city popular with tourists, as burning-hot lahar — a slurry of lava, rocky debris and water — gushed down onto the communities that dot the side of the volcano.
  — Carolina Gamazo and Kate Linthicum, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
• The real danger comes from volcanic mudflows, also called lahars, says Krippner.
  — Alessandra Potenza, The Verge, 30 May 2018
• The projected paths of lahars cover communities in the Stillaguamish and Skagit valleys.
  — Kari Bray, The Seattle Times, 19 Aug. 2018
• The broad forested area in the foreground is underlain by many layers of volcanic deposits, chiefly lahars and pyroclastic flows generated from past eruptions of Mount St. Helens.
  — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 6 June 2018
• Compounding the threat is what’s called lahar, a potentially deadly mud flow of volcanic material that can happen even without a major explosion.
  — Kristine Phillips, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2018
• Residents suffered the full potential for destruction of Mayon’s lahars in November of 2006 when a typhoon swept the region, bringing with it heavy rain that saturated built up material.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 19 Jan. 2018
• All the infrastructure runs along ridge lines, reducing its vulnerability to lahars.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 16 Oct. 2017

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