eruption Nevada del Ruiz Colombia

• Volcano

  • 5400m tall
  • Covered in a 30m thick ice cap
• Volcanic eruption

  1. Melted the ice cap

  2. Caused small lahar

  3. Hit the town of Chinchina
• The small lahar killed 1700 people in the town of Chinchina
• Scientists predicted further lahars and wanted to evacuate the area but only 10km evacuated
• Larger eruption

  1. Caused pyroclastic flow onto the ice cap

  2. Melted the ice cap

  3. Caused huge lahar
• The huge lahar travelled 45km to the town of Armero
• When the huge lahar reached Armero, it was 8m thick and killed up to 22,000 people