I-BOGOTA - Intaba-mlilo yaseGaleras kumazantsi-mpuma eColombia yaqhuma ngoMgqibelo ebusuku, kodwa kwakungekho zingxelo zikhawulezayo zokufa okanye ukulimala, abasemagunyeni bathi.
UCarlos Ivan Marquez, umlawuli woncedo lwesizwe kuMnqamlezo oBomvu, uthe amagosa anokufuna ukukhupha abantu abangama-8,000 njengenyathelo lokhuseleko. Uthe iindawo zokuhlala zethutyana kunye nezixhobo zoncedo zikhona.
Intaba-mlilo yagqabhuka ngo-7:43 pm, ngokutsho kweVolcanology and Seismological Observatory ePasto, ikomkhulu lephondo labantu abangama-500,000 elingaphezu nje kweekhilomitha ezili-10 (iikhilomitha ezi-6) ukusuka eGaleras.
Intaba-mlilo eziimitha ezingama-4,276 (iinyawo ezili-14,110) inembali ende isenzeka, kuquka ugqabhuko-dubulo oluninzi kwiinyanga zokuqala zowama-2009. Imi kufutshane nomda we-Ecuador, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-520 (iikhilomitha ezingama-320) kumzantsi-ntshona weBogota.
IGaleras ibigqalwa njengeyona ntaba-mlilo iqhumayo eColombia ukususela oko yabakho ngowe-1989. Ugqabhuko-dubulo lowe-1993 lwabulala abantu abasithoba, kuquka izazinzulu ezintlanu ezehla kuloo mngxuma ukuze zikhangele iigesi. NgoNovemba 2005, intaba-mlilo yakhupha uthuthu olwawa kumgama weekhilomitha ezingama-50.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- 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.
