Re: Colombia - 10 Killed in Volcanic Eruption
Source:
http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/oc...rupcion-del-volcan-nevado-del-huila_4681947-1
Google translation:
At least 10 dead, 8 missing and 150 trapped by the eruption of the volcano Nevado del Huila
The charge of the report was the Interior Minister, Fabio Valencia Cossio. The final figure of casualties is not yet known, because of the difficulty in reaching some areas.
to eruption, which occurred at 9:45 in the evening of Thursday, causing a thaw and unleashed an avalanche in the Paez River, so that populations of Cauca and Huila and indigenous reservations were cut off.
The final number of victims remains unknown, as relief agencies and regional authorities had only yesterday estimates of dead and missing.
Initially, the governor of Cauca, Guillermo Alberto Gonzalez, had reported four people killed and eight others missing in the shelter of Caloto-Huila, located on the slopes of the volcano Nevado del Huila.
It was indicated that the bodies would be evacuated to La Plata (Huila) by air when weather permits.
The coordinator of the Colombian Red Cross in Inz?, Orlando Marulanda, said that information had come from indigenous people that there are several casualties in the top of Belalc?zar, but until yesterday had not been able to reach the area.
Marco Tulio stumps, indigenous governor's stewardship of Talag, the closest to the crater, also confirmed the deaths of two people and the disappearance of two children in her community after avalanches Paez River.
At least there are some 200 people isolated in the region, where six bridges were destroyed and a score of houses.
Ingeominas lowered the alert level yesterday by the volcano, from yellow to orange, for the reduction of the earthquakes.
Landslide in Cundinamarca
The heavy rains of the last hours caused several emergencies in the department of Cundinamarca.
The most serious occurred on the road connecting the Tequendama of San Antonio with Mesitas, at the height of the El Progreso.
There, an avalanche of mud and rocks caused damage to about three houses and one vehicle and plugs the road. Invias staff and the dealership that has borne the track yesterday were trying to clear the way.
It also reported a landslide on the road between Pacho and La Palma.
None of the events left human casualties or injured people.
Likewise, there was an increase in the flow of the Rio Bogota that led to the evacuation of 35 people in the town of Apulo. As of yesterday afternoon were carried out evacuations in coastal areas of the river, at the height of the town of Girardot.
For its part, the CAR reported that recorded significant increases in levels of the birth of the river Sumapaz, contributing Magdalena River, which could cause a sharp rise of the latter at the height of Girardot and other nearby municipalities as Nari?o, where the height of the water level reached 6.30 meters and the Puerto Salgar, which recorded levels of 5.17 meters as a result of increased flow by the eruption of the Nevado del Huila.
