Volcanic Cloud Descends on Quito
| Title: | Volcanic Cloud Descends on Quito |
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| Authors: | By:AP |
| Source: | Associated Press News Service, The, November 11, 2002 International, 3pp |
| Abstract: | QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - A volcanic cloud descended on parts of the Ecuadorean capital Monday, forcing the mayor to close schools and health officials to warn residents to protect themselves against respiratory ailments. The grayish sulfuric cloud came from the 11,775-foot Reventador volcano, which began erupting Nov. 3. It is located 60 miles northeast of the capital, in a region where the Andes mountains butt up against Ecuador's Amazon rain forest... |
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| Published in: | Associated Press News Service, The |
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| Language: | English |