Armero

Colombia

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eruption of Mount Ruiz

  • Colombia
    In Colombia: Relief

    …downslope, destroying the city of Armero and killing more than 25,000 in one of the country’s greatest catastrophes.

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  • Mount St. Helens volcano
    In volcano: Four of the worst eruptions in history

    Much of the town of Armero, built on a low plain beside the Lagunilla River 50 km (30 miles) east of and nearly 5 km (3 miles) in elevation below the summit of Ruiz, was buried by the mudflows. Twenty-two thousand of its inhabitants were killed.

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