110 families Evacuated as Ecuador's Tungurahua Volcano emits Explosive Eruption (Aug 22, 2012)

A sudden surge of activity in an Ecuadorian volcano is captured up close in these fiery and spectacular pictures of the natural world at work.Ecuadorean authorities say 110 families have been evacuated from the vicinity of the Tungurahua volcano, which has been spewing molten rock, ash and lava down its slopes since the weekend. The 1,648 foot-high volcano, which is 84 miles south east of the Ecuadorian capital Quito, has been active since October 1999. Noise from the eruptions has been heard in the city of Riobamba, a 54 mile drive away from the site near the tourist town of Banos.Mercedes Taipe of Ecuador's Geophysics Institute said a column of vapor and ash up to 2.5 miles high has characterized what the Institute is calling a moderate-to-strong eruption. She said that a half-dozen villages are being showered in volcanic ash. It is not yet known how much local farmers' outputs will be affected by the latest eruptions.http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/explosive-activity-increases-at-ecuadors-tungurahua-volcano/

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