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Searching for Survivors 40 Years After One of Latin America’s Deadliest Disasters

Searching for Survivors 40 Years After One of Latin America’s Deadliest Disasters

Update: 2025-11-13

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In 1985 the Nevado del Ruiz volcano triggered a mudslide that wiped out the town of Armero, Colombia in one of the 20th century’s worst natural disasters. All these years later the ghosts of Colombia’s deadliest tragedy still haunt its slopes, and families are still searching for lost children.

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Searching for Survivors 40 Years After One of Latin America’s Deadliest Disasters

Searching for Survivors 40 Years After One of Latin America’s Deadliest Disasters