While hiking, which risk increases with substantial pyroclastic material cover near a recently active volcanic caldera?

💡 Explanation

Lahars become more likely because saturated pyroclastic flows readily mobilize into mudflows; this process is bulked by rainfall. Therefore, lahars are the increased risk involved, rather than seismic activity which indicates underground adjustments.

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