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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Official reports have shown that people living on the slopes of the Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador are being evacuated as a plume of gas and ash rises from its crater. To put it bluntly, Tungurahua is situated in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes of central Ecuador. As a matter of fact, authorities have issued an orange alert - the second-highest warning level - for towns near the volcano; it has not been elevated. These are the provinces near Chimborazo and Tungurahua, which means Throat of Fire in the indigenous Quechia language. Researchers have highlighted that the Tungurahua volcano began to erupt again. Seismologists said they had registered a series of explosions caused by the sudden eruption of the volcano. Meanwhile, the local residents have reported of having heard a roaring sound so loud that it shook their windows. The local inhabitants have also mentioned that the multiple explosions sounded like cannon fire. According to experts, the volcano, which became active again in 1999 after a long period of dormancy, lies 135km south-east of the capital, Quito...
