Orange alert continues for Colombia volcano

An orange alert continued to be in effect on Monday due to the activity of the Nevadodel Ruiz volcano in the center of Colombia. The country’s national agency for risk management issued an orange alert for the volcano after it noticed a greater-than-normal amount of seismic activity near its crater.

The alert indicates that an eruption is “probable” but not “imminent.”Last week, Colombian officials began to evacuate 40 families from their homes after the volcano showed high levels of seismic activity.The volcano’s last major eruption took place in 1985.It unleashed mudslides that buried the town of Armero and killed about 25,000 people.