ECUADOR: RESIDENTS IN TOURIST TOWN OF BANOS REMAIN ON ALERT AFTER TUNGURAHUA VOLCANO SPEWS MORE LAVA AND ASH

Record ID: 565824

  • Title: ECUADOR: RESIDENTS IN TOURIST TOWN OF BANOS REMAIN ON ALERT AFTER TUNGURAHUA VOLCANO SPEWS MORE LAVA AND ASH
  • Date: 2nd November 1999
  • Summary: BANOS, ECUADOR (NOVEMBER 02, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF LAVA SPEWING FROM CRATER AT NIGHT (2 SHOTS) 0.48 2. VARIOUS OF VOLCANO SPEWING ASHES DURING THE DAY (5 SHOTS) 1.05 3. VARIOUS OF EVACUATED TOWN (3 SHOTS) 1.11 4. SV RESIDENTS WEARING MASKS, WALKING AROUND 1.17 5. VARIOUS VOLCANO ERUPTING, ASH ON ROOFS (3 SHOTS) 1.45 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 17th November 1999 12:00
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  • Location: BANOS, ECUADOR
  • Country: Ecuador
  • Reuters ID: LVA7NXAYWRXWPADO47OEUB6ACF9V
  • Story Text: The residents of the tourist town of Banos, Ecuador
    remained on alert after the "Throat of Fire" volcano spewed
    more lava and ash.

    Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano spewed lava on Tuesday
    (November 02) almost two weeks after having been placed on
    "orange alert."
    Scientists had declared an "orange alert" for Tungurahua
    earlier in the month, 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 were evacuated
    earlier in the week, when the giant began spewing smoke and
    lava.

    With its hot springs and waterfalls tumbling down green
    slopes, the town draws thousands of tourists each year,
    however, the volcano itself has lately 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.

    Tungurahua began to rumble in September.It last
    erupted in 1916, forcing 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 lava could flow over a ridge into parts of Banos.
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