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Volcano Watch: Lessons learned from the Armero, Colombia tragedy

Volcano Watch: Lessons learned from the Armero, Colombia tragedy

(Volcano Watch is a weekly article written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.) Late in the evening on Nov. 13, 1985, most of those living in the Colombian town of Armero, on the shores of the river Lagunillas, were in bed. The nearby volcano, Nevado del Ruiz, had been quiet for […]

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