The heavy rains caused a mudflow. The mudflow came down the hill and hit the village.
From what I heard, the electron mudflow traveled about two miles
A mudflow is a mixture of sediment and water that moves down hill in a fluid manner.
A lahar is a specific type of mudflow formed primarily of volcanic material.
A mudflow is largelysilt and clay, unlike a flood which is primarily water. As a result, a mudflow is denser and so carries more force with which it may sweep away buildings scour at the ground and at stream channels. In some cases a mudflow has about the same density as concrete.
Lahar.
Mudflow
magma
After a heavy rain
Mudflow is downslope movement of water that contains large amount of suspended clay and silt.
Mudflow
Most likely the snow would melt from the heat. The water would then mix with ash from the eruption, leading to a mudflow called a lahar.