Nevado del Ruiz
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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
"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.
From Reuters ● Jun. 27, 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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