Nicaragua Volcano spews 500 meter ash cloud

volcano spews ash cloud 500-meter

A nearly 500-meter-high smoke and ash cloud has formed over the crater of San Cristóbal in the north of Nicaragua. Now, more than 300 families had to be moved to safety.

 From a distance, the sight of an erupting volcano almost something poetic.

Get closer to the action, things look different again. A nearly 500-meter-high smoke and ash cloud has formed over the crater of San Cristóbal in the north of Nicaragua. More than 300 families within a radius of three kilometers have to be brought to safety. The evacuation is led by the army of the country. Fifteen explosions had been recorded in the San Cristóbal in the days previously. Nicaragua is traversed by a chain of active volcanoes and is therefore also called the "land of a thousand volcanoes". There have been repeated outbreaks. As recently as September some 3,000 people had at the foot of San Cristobal to be evacuated