Armero tragedy

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The Armero tragedy was a catastrophic 1985 lahar disaster in Colombia that buried the town of Armero and killed over 20,000 people following the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Armero tragedy canonical 5
1985 Armero tragedy 1
Nevado del Ruiz 1985 eruption (Armero tragedy) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lahar disaster ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
volcanic disaster ⓘ
affectedTown Armero ⓘ
aftermath international humanitarian aid operations ⓘ
relocation of survivors to other towns ⓘ
buriedTown Armero ⓘ
category 1985 disasters ⓘ
Lahars ⓘ
Nevado del Ruiz ⓘ
Volcanism of Colombia ⓘ
cause eruption of Nevado del Ruiz ⓘ
volcanic lahar ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
date 1985-11-13 ⓘ
deadliestVolcanicDisasterIn Colombia ⓘ
deathToll >20000 ⓘ
distanceFromVolcano_km ~74 ⓘ
economicImpact severe regional economic losses ⓘ
eruptionVEI VEI 3 ⓘ
governmentResponseCriticizedFor lack of timely evacuation ⓘ
impact destruction of most of Armero ⓘ
lesson importance of heeding volcanic hazard maps ⓘ
need for effective early warning systems ⓘ
locatedIn Tolima Department ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive international news coverage ⓘ
memorialization Armero ruins preserved as memorial ⓘ
annual commemorations in Colombia ⓘ
missingPersonsApprox thousands ⓘ
notableVictim Omayra Sánchez ⓘ
oneOfDeadliestLaharDisasters true ⓘ
preEruptionWarnings largely ignored or downplayed ⓘ
preEruptionWarningsIssuedBy Colombian and international scientists ⓘ
preEventHazardMap identified Armero as high-risk lahar zone ⓘ
primaryHazard debris flow ⓘ
mudflow ⓘ
prompted creation and strengthening of hazard monitoring systems ⓘ
reforms in Colombian disaster management ⓘ
region Central Andes of Colombia ⓘ
riverValley Laguna de la Magdalena–Rio Lagunilla system ⓘ
survivorsNumberApprox ~4000 ⓘ
timeOfMainLahar around 23:30 local time ⓘ
triggeringEvent eruption column and pyroclastic activity melting summit ice cap ⓘ
typeOfLahar cold lahar (meltwater and debris) ⓘ
UNESCOContext used as case study in disaster risk reduction ⓘ
volcano Nevado del Ruiz ⓘ
year 1985 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nevado del Ruiz → knownFor → Armero tragedy ⓘ
Nevado del Ruiz → caused → Armero tragedy ⓘ
Los Nevados volcanic complex → notableEruption → Nevado del Ruiz 1985 eruption (Armero tragedy) ⓘ
linked to: Armero tragedy
Summit crater Arenas → associatedWithEvent → 1985 Armero tragedy ⓘ
subject linked to: summit crater Arenas
linked to: Armero tragedy
Armero → hasEffect → Armero tragedy ⓘ
subject linked to: Armero (former town)
Armero → significantEvent → Armero tragedy ⓘ
subject linked to: Armero (former town)
Nevado del Ruiz → responsibleForDisaster → Armero tragedy ⓘ
subject linked to: La Mesa de Herveo
1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz → destroyed → town of Armero ⓘ
subject linked to: Cumanday
linked to: Armero tragedy