Nevado del Ruiz erupts causing mudslide

Title

Nevado del Ruiz erupts causing mudslide

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:19

Description

Interview with a scientific expert about the eruption of the volcano, Nevado del Ruiz, in northern Colombia in 11/85, whether the deaths could have been prevented and compares the mudslide to the Aberfan tip disaster in Wales in 1966. About 20,000 people are feared dead after four towns in the Andes region are reported to have been buried when ash spewed out of the volcano causing a mudslide. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.

Contributors

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Keywords

Deaths; Volcanoes; Developing countries; Natural disasters; Colombia; Disaster prevention; Landslides; Andes; Aberfan tip disaster (1966); Nevado del Ruiz

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