(resulted from water suddenly transitioning to steam in the shallow hydrothermal system beneath)
Similar thing happened at Dante’s Peak
Indeed. Not mention “Volcano,” the movie that has some very satisfying mass destruction in LA. Both goofy but fun and I watch them a couple times a year
These, and Lord of the Rings for that matter have one common attribute that bothers me in that the only thing that makes them unrealistic (/s): people being immediately adjacent to, even jumping over, flowing lava that is around 700-1300 degrees. In that proximity one would be burned to a crisp without e er touching the lava