Guatemala volcano update: Lava flows prompt new evacuations
Source: Express
FUEGO volcano is continuing to devastate Guatemala as the death toll has risen to at least 109 after the biggest eruption in four decades last weekend. Here is the latest as lava flows prompt new evacuations.
By RACHEL RUSSELL
PUBLISHED: 16:19, Sat, Jun 9, 2018 | UPDATED: 16:30, Sat, Jun 9, 2018
Guatemala's Fuego has ejected dangerous pyroclastic flows over the past week, which kill everything in their path as they travel so fast and so far.
Dangerous flows of lava and toxic gases spewed down several canyons below the crater of the volcano yesterday.
In two of the canyons where flows have accumulated, columns of ash went as high as 19,700 feet.
This resulted in further evacuations of rescue workers and nearby villages.
Read more: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/971910/guatemala-volcano-fuego-update-lava-flows-new-evacuations
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