Which risk dramatically increases when fine pyroclastic material saturates steep hillsides?

💡 Explanation

Lahars result from pyroclastic material mixing with water; therefore, steep ash-covered slopes become unstable, initiating mudflows because saturation by heavy rain increases the pore water pressure, rather than other volcanic effects.

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