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Breaking news! Colombian town Armero has suffered one of the deadliest natural disasters in the contemporary history of humanity. More than 23.000 people have died due to the mud avalanche provoked by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz Volcano. Colombian government has been questioned for ignoring early signals of possible sismic and volcanic activity detected and exposed by volcanologists and geologists months before the tragedy. Lots of information have been emerging on the Web, showing the struggling of thousands of families whose members have died or disappeared due to this event. Your mission for this WebQuest will be to give to these people the voice death took away from them. You will tell their story, you will recount the last hours of Armero town. Welcome to your mission!

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