Friday, August 18, 2006
Experts: Ecuador's Volcano Ready to Blow Again
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the new Heir to lifePosted by SilverJade Posted by Alfie
(Fox News - Fox news) from Ecuador.
BANOS, Ecuador — Another violent explosion by Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano was looming, experts said Friday, as rescuers searched through hot rock and smothering ash for 30 people missing a day after a devastating eruption that killed at least one person.
The head of Ecuador's Geophysics Institute, Hugo Yepes, urged everyone to stay away from the 16,575-foot high volcano in the nation's central Andes — including tourists tempted to witness the spectacle.
"There is more potential for it to do very big things. We see that there is a fault in the volcano and it is very unstable with the crater full" of magma, Yepez said. "There is great activity inside."
He said it was "very risky" to approach the volcano, which...
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the new Heir to lifePosted by SilverJade Posted by Alfie
(Fox News - Fox news) from Ecuador.
BANOS, Ecuador — Another violent explosion by Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano was looming, experts said Friday, as rescuers searched through hot rock and smothering ash for 30 people missing a day after a devastating eruption that killed at least one person.
The head of Ecuador's Geophysics Institute, Hugo Yepes, urged everyone to stay away from the 16,575-foot high volcano in the nation's central Andes — including tourists tempted to witness the spectacle.
"There is more potential for it to do very big things. We see that there is a fault in the volcano and it is very unstable with the crater full" of magma, Yepez said. "There is great activity inside."
He said it was "very risky" to approach the volcano, which...
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