Thousands flee as Ecuador volcano erupts
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Thousands of Ecuadorean villagers have fled their homes on the slopes of the Tungurahua volcano since it began erupting lava and toxic gases, authorities said Saturday.
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Evacuation has been a struggle and an ever-changing odyssey for hundreds of thousands
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Mount St. Helens blew off more steam Monday, shooting a billowing white plume several hundred feet above the volcano and thrilling hundreds of visitors who had gathered below the rumbling mountain.
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At least 47 people including 17 children die in Ecuador in a mountain bus crash near the capital Quito.
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QUITO, Ecuador  - Tens of thousands of protesterstook to the streets of Quito on Wednesday to protest what theycall the heavy-handed tactics of President Lucio Gutierrez anddemanded that he reverse his firing of the country's SupremeCourt.
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Hundreds of thousands of people in California have been forced to flee their homes as fierce brush fires fuelled by gusting winds continue to burn out of control.
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Hundreds of earth tremors off the coast of Ecuador in the past 11 days have sparked fears that a bigger quake could strike soon.
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Tens of thousands of people, including Miskito Indians and foreign tourists, began fleeing low-lying coastal areas on Central America's Caribbean coast on Monday to escape the approaching Hurricane Felix.
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A volcano erupted in southwestern Colombia on Thursday night, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of about 8,000 people.
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MOUNT ST. HELENS -- In a sudden explosion of steam, ash and gas, Mount St. Helens erupted yesterday, following weeks of tense seismic speculation.
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More than 800 Colombian refugees have crossed over the border to Ecuador from the violence-ravaged department of Narino, the United Nations said Friday.
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Around 50,000 people are evacuated from eastern Comilla district after a dam bursts on a rain-swollen river.
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Hundreds of residents fled their homes and spent the night out in the open after a volcano in southern Chile erupted, spewing lava and ash
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More than 8,000 villagers are evacuated from the slopes of a volcano erupting in east Indonesia.
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A 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocks the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, forcing thousands to flee their homes.
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Hundreds of thousands of people fled as out-of-control wind-whipped wildfires raged across California on Monday, threatening homes and stretching emergency services to breaking point.
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Hundreds of tourists fled vacation homes and hotels Thursday when a forest fire swept across the island of Skiathos as hot, dry conditions persisted across Greece, authorities said.