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
• The dangers Many hazards are associated with erupting volcanoes: lava flows, acidic gases, ash and lahars, which are dangerous flows of water, ash and rock that run miles down the steep slopes of volcanoes, sometimes at over 100 miles per hour.
  — Rachel Beane, The Conversation, 1 May 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024