GUATEMALA CITY — About 250 residents have been evacuated from the slopes of Guatemala’s fiery volcano as red-hot rock and ash flowed down the slopes towards an space devastated by a lethal 2018 eruption.
Firefighters mentioned residents of the village of Panimache have been taken to shelters.
Guatemala’s catastrophe company mentioned the volcano was emitting clouds of ash that might have an effect on greater than 100,000 individuals in communities across the summit.
The best hazard from the volcano is waves, a mix of ash, rock, mud and particles, which might bury complete cities.
The catastrophe company mentioned such waves have been sweeping by way of 4 of the seven gullies on the volcano’s flanks.