Guatemala 'Volcano of Fire' eruption prompts evacuations of 500 residents
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- 18 Jul 2022
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About 500 residents have been evacuated voluntarily from the slopes of Guatemala's Volcano of Fire as red-hot rock and ash flowed down the slopes toward an area devastated by a deadly 2018 eruption.
The National Institute of Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology said in a statement that around 3 am Tuesday the volcano's activity began to diminish.
"The seismic and acoustic sensors confirm that the activity that persists in the crater are weak explosions and booms that still generate some avalanches principally toward the Ash and Dry ravines," the institute said.
Guatemala's disaster agency said shelters had been opened for the evacuees in the nearby town of Escuintla.
At one of those, a gym converted to a shelter in the community of Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, residents of surrounding communities rested on cots waiting to hear it was safe to return to their homes. Read More...
