Spectacular Volcanic Eruption Threatens Ecuadorian Villages

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Residents of several towns and villages in the Ecuadorian Andes are currently on tenterhooks as towering plumes of smoke and ash bellow from the crater of Tungurahua. The volcano is5,000-meterss-high (16,400-foot), andhas been active since 1999, following eight decades of dormancy.

The volcanos last major eruption occurred in 2006, when the nearby villages of Chilibu, Choglontuz, and Palitagua w Continue reading Spectacular Volcanic Eruption Threatens Ecuadorian Villages