ʻO BOGOTA - Ua hū ka lua pele ʻo Galeras ma ka hema hikina o Colombia i ka pō Pōʻaono, akā ʻaʻohe hōʻike e pili ana i ka make a me nā ʻeha, i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā luna.
ʻO Carlos Ivan Marquez, ka mea kōkua kōkua aupuni no ka Red Cross, i ʻōlelo ʻia he pono paha i nā luna e haʻalele i nā kānaka 8,000 ma ke ʻano he mea mālama. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua loaʻa nā hale hoʻomaha a me nā lako kōkua.
Ua hū ka lua pele ma 7:43 pm, e like me ka Volcanology and Seismological Observatory ma Pasto, ke kapikala aupuni o 500,000 poʻe ma kahi o 10 mau mile (6 mile) mai Galeras.
ʻO ka lua pele 4,276-mika (14,110-kapuaʻi) kahi hana lōʻihi, e like me nā pele i nā mahina mua o 2009. Noho kokoke ia i ka palena me ʻEkuador, ma kahi o 520 mau kilomita (320 mile) komohana hema o Bogota.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Galeras ka luaipele ʻoi loa o Colombia mai ka wā i hoʻi mai i ke ola i ka makahiki 1989. Ua luku ʻia ka pele ma kahi o ʻeiwa mau kānaka, e like me ʻelima mau ʻepekema i iho i loko o ka lua e hoʻāʻo i nā kinoea. I Nowemapa 1993, hoʻokuʻu ka luaipele i hāʻule i ka 2005 mau mile (50 mile) ka mamao.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The 4,276-meter (14,110-foot) volcano has a long history of activity, including several eruptions in the first months of 2009.
- , according to the Volcanology and Seismological Observatory in Pasto, the provincial capital of 500,000 people that is just over 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Galeras.
- Carlos Ivan Marquez, national aid director for the Red Cross, said officials might need to evacuate 8,000 people as a precaution.
