Right now, as you are watching this video, about 20 volcanos are erupting around the world.
And while some of their summits have been continuously spitting out clouds of ash for months at a time, others have just woken up.
You might not have known about these volcanic statistics before the video began.
But imagine if such a horrifying sight — a freshly erupting volcano — appeared out your window right now, under your very eyes!
You would probably need to run away as fast and as far as possible to get away from the hot spewing lava and the deadly pyroclastic cloud.
But, indeed, one day, there may be nowhere to run away to.
Scientists count a total of 1,532 volcanoes on the surface of the Earth. . . at least at the moment.
Fortunately, during the entire period of human existence, only 600 of them have ever been active. 160 volcanos erupt about once every decade, with about 50 more erupting annually.
Thankfully, most of them are fairly small volcanoes, relatively speaking, and don't do much damage or cause any harm.
But, if one of the most formidable and awe- inspiring of these "mountains of fire" for some reason decided to run at its full capacity. . . believe it or not, the whole planet could find itself in trouble.
