Nevado Del Ruiz

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Nevado Del Ruiz

• volcano

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Nevado del Ruiz

• Facts
• 14th November 1985
• In Colombia
• Long dormant volcano
• Northern Andies
• One of 4 volcanoes near there
• Biggest volcano on the Andies
• Covered in snow
• 1800 feet

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• Population of armero 28,000.
• 85 of the city swept away.
• A few houses standing.
• Water filled with sulphur.
• Melted snow caused a avalanche.
• Mud, rocks and water help sweep it away.
• Mudslides covered most of town.

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• Smoke 26,000 feet into the air
• A plane passed buy passengers were told to put on
  there oxygen masks.
• Rescuers were only there for an hour and had to
  leave again as mudslides continued After
  struggling 12 hours to get in.
• Houses ,shops and hotels destroyed.
• 7 other villages destroyed.

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• The impact of the eruption.
• Magma rose upwards inside the Ruiz summit. As
  the peak became warmer, snow and ice melted
  causing a series of minor mudflows. Melted water,
  snow and ice ran down the mountainside into the
  river. The lagunillas River flooded. As the
  snow and ice melted, ash from previous eruptions
  was turned into mud.

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• The impact of the eruption.
• 30 metre high and travelling at 80km per hour
  the mudflow descended down the mountain towards
  the town of Armero.

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• how did people try to make this never
  happen again?
• Following the 1885 eruption the Volcano
  Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP) was set up.
  The VDAP aims to reduce the number of fatalities
  caused by volcano eruptions in developing
  countries and limiting the economic loss. Many
  of the people living in Armero region are
  employed in agriculture. Because of the ash
  deposited by volcano eruptions, the soil around
  the Armero region is very fertile.

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The end
Rosemarie mc keown
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Mr Manson says . . .

• Some good work Rosemarie good work and good
  presentation maybe would have been better if
  pictures of the eruption were used in more
  detail.
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