Vulkaan in Ecuador staat op uitbarsten
300 families tend farms during day, but move away at night.
QUITO, Ecuador - Rumbling by Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano has forced the evacuation of at least 1,000 villagers, authorities said Sunday.
Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano, seen here Dec. 12, could become more active in coming days, experts said.
Some 300 families from 10 hamlets on the western slopes of the 16,400-foot volcano, 80 miles southeast of Quito, have been evacuated as a precautionary measure.
"The intense activity has forced us to put into effect a voluntary contingency and evacuation plan," Pablo Morillo, the head of emergency operations, told The Associated Press by telephone.
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QUITO, Ecuador - Rumbling by Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano has forced the evacuation of at least 1,000 villagers, authorities said Sunday.
Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano, seen here Dec. 12, could become more active in coming days, experts said.
Some 300 families from 10 hamlets on the western slopes of the 16,400-foot volcano, 80 miles southeast of Quito, have been evacuated as a precautionary measure.
"The intense activity has forced us to put into effect a voluntary contingency and evacuation plan," Pablo Morillo, the head of emergency operations, told The Associated Press by telephone.
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Ecuador Volcano Forces Hundreds To Flee
Tungurahua Rumbles To Life 80 Miles South Of Quito; 1,000 Villagers Evacuated
Smoke rises from the Tungurahua Volcano in Ambato, Ecuador in this June 8, 2006 file photo. At least a thousand villagers have been evacuated due to new rumblings from within Tungurahua.
Rumbling by Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano has forced the evacuation of at least 1,000 villagers, authorities said Sunday.
Some 300 families from 10 hamlets on the western slopes of the 16,400-foot volcano, 80 miles southeast of Quito, have been evacuated as a precautionary measure.
"The intense activity has forced us to put into effect a voluntary contingency and evacuation plan," Pablo Morillo, the head of emergency operations, told The Associated Press by telephone.
He said the measure involves moving people at night to shelters a safe distance away from the volcano. They are allowed to return by day to their homes to tend to their crops and animals. Lees hier de rest van het artikel
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Tungurahua Rumbles To Life 80 Miles South Of Quito; 1,000 Villagers Evacuated
Smoke rises from the Tungurahua Volcano in Ambato, Ecuador in this June 8, 2006 file photo. At least a thousand villagers have been evacuated due to new rumblings from within Tungurahua.
Rumbling by Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano has forced the evacuation of at least 1,000 villagers, authorities said Sunday.
Some 300 families from 10 hamlets on the western slopes of the 16,400-foot volcano, 80 miles southeast of Quito, have been evacuated as a precautionary measure.
"The intense activity has forced us to put into effect a voluntary contingency and evacuation plan," Pablo Morillo, the head of emergency operations, told The Associated Press by telephone.
He said the measure involves moving people at night to shelters a safe distance away from the volcano. They are allowed to return by day to their homes to tend to their crops and animals. Lees hier de rest van het artikel
Bron: CBS News | Gewijzigd: 24 april 2017, 10:55 uur, door Joyce.s
Every cloud has a silver lining
Ecuador Volcano Poised for Major Eruption, May Be Within Days.
Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano is poised for a major eruption, a volcanologist said Wednesday. Authorities last week evacuated 10 villages from its western slopes as a precaution.
Patricia Mothes, a U.S. expert on volcanoes, said the 16,575-foot volcano, located 80 miles southeast of Quito, "is preparing to generate, in days or weeks, a great eruption."
The Tungurahua volcano, located about 80 miles southeast of Quito, Ecuador, erupts.
She said that could mean pyroclastic flows — blasts of volcanic material "that descend at high speeds and burn everything in their way."
Tungurahua, which has been active since 1999, has been freeing a high level of energy since Dec. 22, Mothes told The Associated Press by telephone.
"We have indications that there may be important volumes of magma which would be liberated in an eruption," she said.
Jan. 9: The Tungurahua volcano erupts in the early morning.
Jan. 10: Ash rises from the Tungurahua volcano near a grave site in the village of Cotalo, Ecuador.
Jan. 10: The Tungurahua volcano erupts in Ecuador's Tungurahua province.
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Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano is poised for a major eruption, a volcanologist said Wednesday. Authorities last week evacuated 10 villages from its western slopes as a precaution.
Patricia Mothes, a U.S. expert on volcanoes, said the 16,575-foot volcano, located 80 miles southeast of Quito, "is preparing to generate, in days or weeks, a great eruption."
The Tungurahua volcano, located about 80 miles southeast of Quito, Ecuador, erupts.
She said that could mean pyroclastic flows — blasts of volcanic material "that descend at high speeds and burn everything in their way."
Tungurahua, which has been active since 1999, has been freeing a high level of energy since Dec. 22, Mothes told The Associated Press by telephone.
"We have indications that there may be important volumes of magma which would be liberated in an eruption," she said.
Jan. 9: The Tungurahua volcano erupts in the early morning.
Jan. 10: Ash rises from the Tungurahua volcano near a grave site in the village of Cotalo, Ecuador.
Jan. 10: The Tungurahua volcano erupts in Ecuador's Tungurahua province.
Klik hier voor het hele artikel
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Hundreds evacuated as volcano worsens in Ecuador
Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano is spewing molten rock, gas and ash, increasing its activity and prompting authorities to evacuate hundreds of villagers living in the shadow of the mountain. Tungurahua, which means "Throat of Fire" in the native Quichua language, is a volcano 130 kilometres south of the capital, Quito. It last erupted in August 2006 and has been rumbling and belching up rock, gas and ash since January.
"It was a really big shake coming from the volcano and that forced the civil defense to evacuate the population," civil defense chief Roberto Rodriguez said.
The Tungurahua Volcano erupts, as seen from Banos, Ecuador, 135 kilometres south of Quito, on February 6, 2008. The volcano has increased its activity, prompting authorities to evacuate hundreds of villagers living in the shadow of the mountain.
He said there were no reports of injured or dead, but some local authorities said ash and rock fragments showered some communities located on the slopes of the volcano. Volcanologists expect stronger activity from Tungurahua because it is in the middle of an eruption cycle that began in 1999.
"This is an ongoing eruption and we still don't know the magnitude it could reach," said Hugo Yepes, the head of the country's Geophysics Institute.
Mr Yepes said he would not rule out molten rock and ash reaching the resort town of Banos, where 17,000 people were forced to evacuate in 1999 after loud explosions and big clouds of ash blew out of its crater. In 2006, streams of fast-moving molten rock and ash enveloped several hamlets tucked in the volcano's folds, killing four people, leaving two missing and forcing thousands to evacuate and lose their corn and potato crops.
Juan Salazar, the mayor of Penipe, a municipality near the volcano, said the Tungurahua sounded like an old airplane turbine. Poor farmers of nearby communities for months have defied the roaring volcano to tender their crops.
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Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano is spewing molten rock, gas and ash, increasing its activity and prompting authorities to evacuate hundreds of villagers living in the shadow of the mountain. Tungurahua, which means "Throat of Fire" in the native Quichua language, is a volcano 130 kilometres south of the capital, Quito. It last erupted in August 2006 and has been rumbling and belching up rock, gas and ash since January.
"It was a really big shake coming from the volcano and that forced the civil defense to evacuate the population," civil defense chief Roberto Rodriguez said.
The Tungurahua Volcano erupts, as seen from Banos, Ecuador, 135 kilometres south of Quito, on February 6, 2008. The volcano has increased its activity, prompting authorities to evacuate hundreds of villagers living in the shadow of the mountain.
He said there were no reports of injured or dead, but some local authorities said ash and rock fragments showered some communities located on the slopes of the volcano. Volcanologists expect stronger activity from Tungurahua because it is in the middle of an eruption cycle that began in 1999.
"This is an ongoing eruption and we still don't know the magnitude it could reach," said Hugo Yepes, the head of the country's Geophysics Institute.
Mr Yepes said he would not rule out molten rock and ash reaching the resort town of Banos, where 17,000 people were forced to evacuate in 1999 after loud explosions and big clouds of ash blew out of its crater. In 2006, streams of fast-moving molten rock and ash enveloped several hamlets tucked in the volcano's folds, killing four people, leaving two missing and forcing thousands to evacuate and lose their corn and potato crops.
Juan Salazar, the mayor of Penipe, a municipality near the volcano, said the Tungurahua sounded like an old airplane turbine. Poor farmers of nearby communities for months have defied the roaring volcano to tender their crops.
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Vijf doden bij vulkaanuitbarsting in Ecuador
Bij een vulkaanuitbarsting in Ecuador zijn gisteren zeker vijf mensen om het leven gekomen. Dat melden de plaatselijke media. De Tungurahua, een kolos van ruim 5 kilometer hoog op 130 kilometer ten zuidoosten van Quito, wierp de hele dag lang lava, stenen en aswolken de lucht in. Vijf nabijgelegen dorpen raakten zwaar beschadigd, 1.450 mensen moesten worden geëvacueerd en 20.000 hectare landbouwgrond is voorlopig onbruikbaar geworden. President Rafael Correa heeft de noodtoestand uitgeroepen in de regio.
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Bij een vulkaanuitbarsting in Ecuador zijn gisteren zeker vijf mensen om het leven gekomen. Dat melden de plaatselijke media. De Tungurahua, een kolos van ruim 5 kilometer hoog op 130 kilometer ten zuidoosten van Quito, wierp de hele dag lang lava, stenen en aswolken de lucht in. Vijf nabijgelegen dorpen raakten zwaar beschadigd, 1.450 mensen moesten worden geëvacueerd en 20.000 hectare landbouwgrond is voorlopig onbruikbaar geworden. President Rafael Correa heeft de noodtoestand uitgeroepen in de regio.
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Ecuador vreest vulkaanuitbarsting
In Ecuador wordt gevreesd dat de vulkaan Tungurahua op het punt van uitbarsten staat. Donderdag spuwde de vulkaan reeds as en rolde er gloeiend gesteente langs de hellingen naar beneden. Een dag eerder spoot as uit de in het midden van Ecuador gelegen vulkaan tien kilometer de lucht in. Vijftienhonderd omwonenden zijn geëvacueerd.
De Tungurahua (Keel van vuur) is 5.023 meter hoog en is sinds 1999 actief. Sinds eind vorig jaar spuwt de vulkaan met tussenpozen as uit. Voor woensdag hield de berg zich een tijdje opmerkelijk rustig, wat er volgens deskundigen op kan duiden dat een grote uitbarsting in aantocht is.
In 2006 werden door een reeks uitbarstingen van de Tungurahua hele dorpen bedolven door de lava. Er vielen toen zeker vier doden en duizenden mensen raakten dakloos.
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In Ecuador wordt gevreesd dat de vulkaan Tungurahua op het punt van uitbarsten staat. Donderdag spuwde de vulkaan reeds as en rolde er gloeiend gesteente langs de hellingen naar beneden. Een dag eerder spoot as uit de in het midden van Ecuador gelegen vulkaan tien kilometer de lucht in. Vijftienhonderd omwonenden zijn geëvacueerd.
De Tungurahua (Keel van vuur) is 5.023 meter hoog en is sinds 1999 actief. Sinds eind vorig jaar spuwt de vulkaan met tussenpozen as uit. Voor woensdag hield de berg zich een tijdje opmerkelijk rustig, wat er volgens deskundigen op kan duiden dat een grote uitbarsting in aantocht is.
In 2006 werden door een reeks uitbarstingen van de Tungurahua hele dorpen bedolven door de lava. Er vielen toen zeker vier doden en duizenden mensen raakten dakloos.
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