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  2. Armero tragedy - Wikipedia

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    The Armero tragedy (Spanish: Tragedia de Armero [tɾaˈxeðja ðe aɾˈmeɾo]) occurred following the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz stratovolcano in Tolima, Colombia, on November 13, 1985. The volcano's eruption after 69 years of dormancy caught nearby towns unprepared, even though volcanological organizations had warned the government to ...

  3. Omayra Sánchez - Wikipedia

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    In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Garzón. Omayra Sánchez Frank Fournier's photograph of Sánchez Born Omayra Sánchez Garzón (1972-08-28) August 28, 1972 Armero, Tolima, Colombia Died November 16, 1985 (1985-11-16) (aged 13) Armero, Tolima, Colombia Cause of death Killed by the volcanic eruption of Nevado del Ruiz ...

  4. Nevado del Ruiz - Wikipedia

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    On November 13, 1985, a small eruption produced an enormous lahar that buried and destroyed the town of Armero in Tolima, causing an estimated 25,000 deaths. This event later became known as the Armero tragedy—the deadliest lahar in recorded history. Similar but less deadly incidents occurred in 1595 and 1845, consisting of a small explosive ...

  5. Nevado del Ruiz is one of the deadliest volcanic eruptions in ...

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    The Nov. 13, 1985 eruption became known as the Armero tragedy -- the deadliest of its kind in recorded history. It claimed the lives of an estimated 25,000 people.

  6. Lahar - Wikipedia

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    Lahars from the 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption in Colombia caused the Armero tragedy, burying the city of Armero under 5 metres (16 ft) of mud and debris and killing an estimated 23,000 people. [11] A lahar caused New Zealand's Tangiwai disaster, [12] where 151 people died after a Christmas Eve express train fell into the Whangaehu River in 1953 ...

  7. In Photos: Royal Visits to Colombia Through the Years

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    November 1985. Following the Armero tragedy, where the dormant Nevado Del Ruiz volcano erupted in Colombia, Prince Philippe of Belgium visited with survivors.

  8. Torrents of mud and floodwater cover roads and trap cars in ...

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    As Southern California recovers from last month’s devastating wildfires, heavy rain resulted in pockets of flooding, blocked roadways and mud piling up around recent burn scars.

  9. List of landslides - Wikipedia

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    Armero, Tolima Department, Colombia: Armero tragedy: 23,000 A minor eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano caused melting of its ice cap. This released a series of lahars, volcanic mudflows, that traveled at speeds of up to 50 km/h (31 mph) down the slopes of the volcano. These lahars swiftly moved into valleys, merging to form larger flows ...