{"id":8572,"date":"2025-02-04T19:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T19:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=8572"},"modified":"2025-07-24T20:56:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T20:56:36","slug":"did-you-know-that-rain-falling-on-loose-volcanic-debris-from-the-soufriere-hills-volcano-on-montserrat-generates-hazardous-floods-in-the-belham-valley-known-as-lahars-a-significant-natural-hazard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=8572","title":{"rendered":"Did you know that rain falling on loose volcanic debris from the Soufri\u00e8re Hills Volcano on Montserrat generates hazardous floods in the Belham Valley known as lahars, a significant natural hazard?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These floods, composed of fast-moving water and volcanic debris, can occur suddenly and unpredictably. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Extreme caution is advised when crossing the Belham Valley during heavy or prolonged rainfall, as lahars can form rapidly, posing serious safety risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Untitled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Untitled-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8573\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Untitled-1024x573.png 1024w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Untitled-300x168.png 300w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Untitled-768x430.png 768w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Untitled-1536x860.png 1536w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Untitled-500x280.png 500w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Untitled.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These floods, composed of fast-moving water and volcanic debris, can occur suddenly and unpredictably. Extreme caution is advised when crossing the Belham Valley during heavy or prolonged rainfall, as lahars can form rapidly, posing serious safety risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001002,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8572"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8574,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8572\/revisions\/8574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}