Tungurahua Disaster #2 is a photograph by Ivan Kashinsky which was uploaded on March 6th, 2018.
Tungurahua Disaster #2
A horse covered in volcanic ash stands in the decimated village of Bilbao, Ecuador, a town near the active volcano of Tungurahua on August 17, 2006. ... more
Title
Tungurahua Disaster #2
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Ivan Kashinsky
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A horse covered in volcanic ash stands in the decimated village of Bilbao, Ecuador, a town near the active volcano of Tungurahua on August 17, 2006. Lava rocks the size of baseballs came raining down on communities located near Tungurahua. Late Wednesday night on August 16th Tungurahua began to erupt sending lava down the sides of the mountain and covering the local communities with ash. The town of Palictagua was hit hard by the disaster when lava came through the village killing six people and seriously burning a fourteen-year-old boy. The volcano erupted in July of this year and in 1999 as well. The last series of serious eruptions was between 1915 and 1925. It is said that Tungurahua will blow again in the near future, but nobody know when. People in the surrounding communities lost everything and almost 800 families are living in shelters.
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March 6th, 2018
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