BOGOTA - O le maugamu o Galeras i sautesasae o Colombia na pa i le po o le Aso Toona, ae leai ni lipoti lata mai o maliu ma manuaga, fai mai le pulega.
Carlos Ivan Marquez, faatonu fesoasoani a le atunuʻu mo le Koluse Mumu, fai mai e ono manaʻomia e le au ofisa ona aveʻese mai tagata 8,000 o se lapataiga. Fai mai a ia, e avanoa fale le tumau ma sapalai fesoasoani.
O le maugamu na pa i le 7:43 i le afiafi, e tusa ai ma le Volcanology and Seismological Observatory i Pasto, le laumua o le 500,000 tagata e ova atu ma le 10 kilomita (6 maila) mai Galeras.
O le maugā e 4,276-mita (14,110-futu) e umi lona talaʻaga o gaioiga, e aofia ai ma isi pa na pa i masina muamua o le 2009. E tu latalata i le tuaoi ma Ecuador, e tusa ma le 520 kilomita (320 maila) i sautesisifo o Bogota.
O Galeras na avea ma volcano sili ona malosi mai Colombia talu mai lona toe soifua mai i le 1989. O le pa mai le 1993 na maliliu ai le toaiva tagata, e aofia ai ma saienitisi e toalima na o ifo i le lua e faataitai kasa. Ia Novema 2005, na oso ai le lefulefu mai le maugamu na paʻu i lalo i le 50 kilomita (30 maila) le mamao.
OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:
- 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.
