Vesuvius And St Helen's Similarities

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Mount Vesuvius and mounts St Helen's are both volcano's, but what are the differences and what are the similarities . That is a question i've been wondering how and when did they erupt . and there are a lot of similarities with the bout one. And they have an lot of differences as they both are stratovolcano

As for the differences Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D as for St Helen erupted in 1980 A.D . As well, many people died during Vesuvius and only 57 people died during Helens eruption St Helen had an advanced technology that said it was about to erupt will Vesuvius did not have a advanced notice and the eruptions happened to different places Vesuvius was in Italy while Helen's was in Washington . As of for the size of the eruption Vesuvius was

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