New Volcano Threat Eases in Colombia
From Reuters
BOGOTA, Colombia —
The government has scaled down a weekend emergency it declared when it feared that Volcano del Ruiz, which killed 23,000 people in a 1985 eruption, was about to erupt again.
An “orange” alert declared on Friday was scaled down to “yellow” on Sunday night. The top “red” alert would be declared only if an eruption began. The government maintained an evacuation order for people living in the high-risk area, and two roads crossing the region remained closed.
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