Hundreds of people still missing after heavy rain and mudslides in country’s deadliest natural disaster for years
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40 years after the Armero tragedy, Colombia reopens the search for missing children, using the ICBF’s historic ‘Red Book’ to bring hope and closure to families still waiting for answers. More than 500 minors are still missing. Credit: Public Domain It has been four decades since one of the most devastating natural disasters in Colombian history struck the town of Armero. On November 13, 1985, the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano (located in the Andes mountains of Colombia) triggered a catastrophic lahar—a violent torrent of mud, water, and debris—that swept through the city, destroying virtually everything in its path. Armero, a once-thriving town in Tolima, was virtually erased from...
Hundreds of people still missing after heavy rain and mudslides in country’s deadliest natural disaster for years
Hundreds of people still missing after heavy rain and mudslides in country’s deadliest natural disaster for years...
Jani Silva sits inside the wooden house she built on the banks of Colombia's Putumayo River - a home she hasn't slept in for more than eight years....
Jani Silva sits inside the wooden house she built on the banks of Colombia's Putumayo River - a home she hasn't slept in for more than eight years....
Jani Silva sits inside the wooden house she built on the banks of Colombia's Putumayo River - a home she hasn't slept in for more than eight years.
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