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Podcast: State of the World from NPR
Episode: Searching for Survivors 40 Years After One of Latin America’s Deadliest Disasters
Description: 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.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy