An explosion at Yellowstone National Park – level 2

An explosion at Yellowstone National Park

29-07-2024 07:00

A hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone National Park surprised visitors. Steam, rock, and dirt shot into the sky, and people started running away.

No one was hurt, but the explosion damaged a path in the Biscuit Basin area, and authorities had to close it. Similar explosions happen when underground water turns to steam. They are usual in Yellowstone and happened before in 1959, 1991, and 2009. Minerals blocking an underground pipe could cause the last explosion.

It is hard to predict these events because they can happen suddenly. Park officials and scientists will check if the explosion changed the underground system. They will look at the water and temperature of nearby geysers. There are no signs of changes in the volcanic system, and the park is safe.

Difficult words: hydrothermal (related to hot water), predict (to say what you think will happen in the future), geyser (a hot spring in which water shoots into the air), volcanic (related to a volcano).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

What caused the last hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone National Park, and how do park officials plan to investigate its effects?

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