Multiple Choice
Why is Mt. Vesuvius considered so hazardous?
A) People fear that it may imminently repeat the type of ash eruptions that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum in AD 79.
B) It is made of very steep unstable ash deposits that are always generating landslides.
C) The city of Naples and Bay of Naples surround it so that any renewal of activity threatens people.
D) It is constantly erupting.
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