International: Volcano Threat ; Ecuador

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Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano is poised for a major eruption, an expert says.

Patricia Mothes, a US volcanologist, said the 16,575ft volcano 80 miles south east of Quito, "is preparing to generate, in days or weeks, a great eruption". That could mean pyroclastic flows - blasts of volcanic material "that descend at high speeds and burn everything in their way".

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