The Eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano Colombia, South America, November 13, 1985

Committee on Natural Disasters,Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

The Eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano Colombia, South America, November 13, 1985
Format
Paperback
Publisher
National Academies Press
Country
United States
Published
15 January 1991
Pages
128
ISBN
9780309044776

The Eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano Colombia, South America, November 13, 1985

Committee on Natural Disasters,Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

On November 13, 1985, catastrophic mudflows swept down the slopes of the erupting Nevado del Ruiz volcano, destroying structures in their paths. Various estimates of deaths ranged as high as 24,000 residents. Though the nature and extent of risk posed by the mudflows to local communities were well documented before the event and extensive efforts had been made to communicate this information to those at risk, the affected communities were caught largely unaware. This volume analyzes the disaster’s many aspects: the extent, constitution, and behavior of the mudflows; the nature of damage to structures; the status of the area’s disaster warning system; and the extent of the area’s disaster preparedness, emergency response actions, and disaster relief efforts-both at the time of the disaster and in the first few months following the event.

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