Figure 2 Upstream view of the village of Armero, Columbia, about 50 km downstream of Nevado del Ruiz. On November 13, 1985, during a fairly small eruption, the volcano generated a lahar that killed more than 20,000 people and produced this devastation. |
Figure 3 Upstream (southeast) view of the Puyallup River valley about 50 km downstream of Mount Rainier. The valley bottom underlies a stack of lahars and alluvial deposits from Mount Rainier. The town of Orting is visible on the left. |
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