Nevado del Huila: Huila, the highest active volcano in Colombia, is a stratovolcano constructed inside an old caldera. The volcano is seen here from the SW.Courtesy Juan Carlos Diago, 1995 (Bernardo Pulgarín, INGEOMINAS, Colombia).Nevado del Huila, a volcano in Columbia, erupted shortly before midnight on Monday forcing about 3,500 people to evacuate. The eruption was preceded by seismic activity that started on April 8.
Nevado del Huila last erupted in 2007, causing flooding and mud flows (lahars) as the eruption melted the snow and ice cap on top of the tallest active volcano in Columbia.
Before this recent activity, Nevado del Huila had been quiet since the 16th century.
In 1985 25,000 people were killed when another Columbian volcano, Nevado del Ruiz, erupted initiating a series of deadly lahars.
Thats crazy.....do you think this is going to happen every year?
Kulyas
Its hard to tell - though based on the eruptive history, I would doubt it. The volcano may be just going through an active cycle.
That is amazing how old the last eruption was but to still be active alot of years later but if it did it 2007 then the next year how could we calculate the next eruption from this specific volcano.
You can learn more about predicting volcanic eruptions here.
this is crazy, i would move out of the village forever....
That's easy to say - but I bet someone who lives in Columbia near a volcano would say that they would move out of a city that can be flooded by hurricanes, or flattened by tornadoes, or experiences extremely cold temperatures. Home is home, and it is hard to leave it.
It's very dangeours because the environment can be produce cathastrophic in the world.
The volcano's activity has been decreasing and is now has been downgraded from a red threat level, to an orange threat level. Learn more here.
Dang!
Once Again, This Is Why Im Glad I Live In MN
what a sad news i hope everybody is ok
wow, your smart. its spelled Colombia, not Columbia
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