Word: lahar
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...caps the top 2,000 ft. of the peak. Filthy water started to flow down the sides of the mountain. The trickle swiftly turned into a torrent of viscous mud, stones, ashes and debris with a crest of 15 ft. to 50 ft. The liquid avalanche, known as a lahar, was soon hurtling down the steep slopes at speeds of up to 30 m.p.h. With irresistible force, it roared down the flanks of Nevado del Ruiz in the most natural of channels: the beds of the Gualí, Azufrado and Lagunilla rivers, which flow east and south from the base...
...miniature bogs that were as treacherous as quicksand. Some exhausted survivors lay on the surface of the mud in shallows, or staggered along in shock on drier ground. Many of the living were naked or only partly clothed; their garments had been torn from them by the swift-moving lahar. All were encrusted with ash-colored goo that quickly hardened under the next morning's sun into a gritty carapace. Many of the survivors had suffered serious injuries. A sepulchral silence reigned over the devastated town...
These were the lone two slip-ups for Wheeler who, starting for unspecified reasons in place of Colgate regular Rebecca Lahar, minded the net admirably on the evening. She finished with 31 saves, and used her 5’10 frame to stuff various attacks from the vaunted Crimson forwards...
...Raiders present a formidable challenge to the explosive Harvard offense, and are led by senior goalie Rebecca Lahar, a 2003-04 All-ECAC team selection with a career .905 save percentage...
...surprised that St. Lawrence lost, but we also faced [Lahar] and she was tough to figure out,” Stone said. “It just makes it interesting, and it’s going to make it more difficult for the [Frozen Four selections committee...