Colombia volcano erupted with ash and gas is now active again. It erupted on the 36th anniversary of the disastrous eruption that devastated an entire town in Colombia and killed 25,000 people.
The Colombian Geological Service said that the Nevado del Ruiz volcano began to demonstrate “noticeable” activity on Saturday.
The Nevado del Ruiz in western Colombia is one of the numerous volcanoes on the Ring of Fire. It is a ring of active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes that circles the Pacific basin.
This one began to rumble in late 1985, following decades of dormancy. Now the Colombia volcano is active again.
On November 13, it exploded. Thereby, it released so much heat that the snow permanently affixed to the mountain melted.
This created a cascading wall of mud that engulfed Armero, killing half of the town’s 50,000 residents.
The footage of 13-year-old Omayra Sanchez is still revolving in the minds of Colombians and people all over the world. She got stuck in the ruins of her wrecked house with water and mud up to her neck. She stayed in that state for three days, until she died.
The eruption was famous as Colombia’s biggest natural calamity and one of the worst volcanic eruptions of the twentieth century.
According to the geological service, Nevado del Ruiz has been in “a period of instability for more than 11 years.”