Nevado del Ruiz

[ne-vah-thaw thel rwees]

noun

1. a volcano in W central Colombia, in the Andes: eruption 1985. 17,720 feet (5,401 meters).

Example Sentences

"After 89 days at activity level orange ... we announce that the Nevado del Ruiz volcano has entered a period of lessened instability," the geological service said on Twitter.

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Colombia's government is trying to speed up the evacuation of some 2,500 families living closest to the Nevado del Ruiz volcano, which is being monitored for a possible eruption, but some residents are refusing to leave.

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But some residents, including families who survived the devastating 1985 eruption by the Nevado del Ruiz, which straddles the border between Tolima and Caldas provinces, say they will not go.

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The Nevado del Ruiz is a stratovolcano or composite volcano.

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Colombia's government is trying to speed up the evacuation of some 2,500 families living closest to the Nevado del Ruiz volcano, which is being monitored for a possible eruption, but some residents are refusing to leave.

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