ECUADOR: RESIDENTS IN BANOS REMAIN ON ALERT AS TUNGURAHUA VOLCANO CONTINUES TO SPEW OUT MORE LAVA AND ASH

Record ID: 565793

  • Title: ECUADOR: RESIDENTS IN BANOS REMAIN ON ALERT AS TUNGURAHUA VOLCANO CONTINUES TO SPEW OUT MORE LAVA AND ASH
  • Date: 8th November 1999
  • Summary: BANOS, ECUADOR. (NOVEMBER 08, 1999) (REUTERS--ACCESS ALL) 1. GENERAL VIEW OF VOLCANO SPEWING ASH AT DAWN 0.07 2. VARIOUS OF VOLCANO EXPLODING WITH BOULDERS ROLLING AND HUGE PLUMES OF SMOKE DURING DAY (3 SHOTS) 0.57 3. VARIOUS OF LAVA GLOWING ON VOLCANO IN EARLY MORNING DARKNESS 1.20 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 23rd November 1999 12:00
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  • Location: BANOS, ECUADOR
  • Country: Ecuador
  • Reuters ID: LVABIUK0EFJQBODL391H0PGUY2C3
  • Story Text: Residents of a tourist town in Ecuador remain on alert
    as a volcano continues to spew out more lava and ash.

    Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano spewed lava again on
    Monday (November 08), as it frequently has since September.

    Last month, scientists declared an "orange alert" for
    Tungurahua, forcing the evacuation of villages on the
    volcano's slopes and surrounding areas.

    About 20,000 residents from the town of Banos, which lies
    105 miles (170 km) south of the capital Quito, left their
    homes.

    With its hot springs and waterfalls tumbling down green
    slopes, the town draws thousands of tourists each year, but
    the volcano now has become the main attraction.

    Just below the equator but at 5,900 feet (1,800 metres)
    above sea level, Banos enjoys a crisp climate of eternal
    spring and a spectacular view of the snowcapped Tungurahua
    mountain, whose name means "Throat of Fire" in the Quechua
    Indian language.

    The volcano had been dormant since 1916, when an eruption
    forced locals to flee wearing wooden bowls on their heads for
    protection against falling rocks.

    Scientists say the volcano erupts every 100 years or so
    and that the town of Banos could be in store for a dangerous
    lava flow.


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