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Two in Colombia who were separated by an 30 years ago have been reunited. Jaqueline and Lorena Sanchez thought they had lost other in 1985 after a erupted near their town of Armero. Lava from the volcano melted glaciers and caused four mudslides, which killed more than 20,000 . Jaqueline, 33, and Lorena, 39, never found each other in the . They each thought the other was among the . Armero was the second deadliest volcanic disaster of the 20th century. Only an eruption in the Caribbean in 1902 was .

The Sanchez sisters were adopted by different . They have spent the past few looking for each other. They were reunited after DNA they gave to a victims' organization matched. Lorena said: "It was and sad because it has been 30 years the tragedy happened….I have to catch up with 30 of her life and she has to do the with me." Jaqueline said: "I'm excited, , everything because , you don't know if you are going to be rejected….I wonder if she will love me. It's difficult. It's difficult to explain this ."

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