Peru volcanoes explode into life triggering state of emergency and MASS EVACUATION
Peru volcanoes explode into life triggering state of emergency and MASS EVACUATION
TWO volcanoes in Peru have erupted into life, just 60 miles apart sparking widespread fears and authorities have declared a state of emergency and started a mass evacuation.
By Jon Rogers
PUBLISHED: 18:46, Wed, Dec 28, 2016 | UPDATED: 18:59, Wed, Dec 28, 2016
The Sabancaya volcano started spewing ash and smoke some 3,500 meters (11,500 feet) into the air on Monday, in the latest in a series of worrying explosions in the south of the South American country.
The volcano, situated just 40 miles from Peru’s second most populous city Arequipa in the Andes, returned to life at 8.24am on Monday just over a week after it began activity on December 16.
Local authorities have warned the local inhabitants they are likely to be affected by the ash from the 20,000-ft (6,000m) volcano whose name translates at ‘tongue of fire’ in the local dialect of Quechua.
Sabancaya sits on top of the South America tectonic plate which when it clashes with the neighbouring Nazca plate, spews magma to the surface.
More:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/747986/Peru-volcanoes-Sabancaya-Ubinas-state-of-emergency-evacuation
LBN:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141650554
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Volcán Sabancaya
Ubinas, in April
Peruvian volcanoes
Llamas Grazing in Sajama National Park with the Twins, the Volcanoes of Parinacota and Pomerata
Alpaca socializing with child.
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a super-volcano eruption. Nice way to top off 2016.
