Volcano of Fire

• Guatemala volcano eruption sparks calls to evacuate surrounding area

  Officials in Guatemala are urging 2,000 residents to flee the country's Volcano of Fire as its eruption grows stronger.

  World

  Nov 19, 2018
  
• Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire spews more scorching ash setting off panic, more evacuations ordered

  When the panic set off by the new evacuations became clear, disaster officials called for calm.

  Environment

  Jun 6, 2018
  
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• Death toll from Guatemala’s ‘Volcano of Fire’ eruption rises to 69, expected to increase

  Bodies were so thickly coated with ash that they looked like statues, and rescuers were forced to use sledgehammers to break through the roofs of houses buried in debris up to their roof lines to try to see if anyone was trapped inside.

  Environment

  Jun 5, 2018
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• Guatemala’s Fuego volcano: Death toll climbs as new explosion spews scorching hot mud flow

  The volcano west of Guatemala City exploded the previous day, sending towering clouds of ash kilometres into the air and hot flows of ash mixed with water and debris down its flanks, blocking roads and burning homes.

  Environment

  Jun 4, 2018