Nevado del Ruiz
Americannoun
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And another that she lived through as a child: the 1985 eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano, which wiped out an entire town called Armero and left 25,000 dead.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
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.
From Reuters ● Apr. 6, 2023
Families living on the upper slopes of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia are being evacuated after an increase of seismic activity.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2023
In the Mount St. Helens blast that rocked the Pacific Northwest in 1980, the Kraffts lost a colleague, and the 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia killed more than 20,000.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2022
In 1985 a massive lahar, triggered by the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz, killed 23,000 people in the Colombian town of Armero, about 50 km from the volcano.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
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