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Guatemala: volcano search and recovery effort suspended with 200 still missing
Source: Associated Press
Guatemala: volcano search and recovery effort suspended with 200 still missing
Associated Press in San Miguel Los Lotes
Thu 7 Jun 2018 21.46 BST
Rescuers have suspended search and recovery efforts at villages devastated by the eruption of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire, leaving people with missing loved ones distraught and prompting some to take up the risky work themselves with rudimentary tools.
Conred, the national disaster agency, said weather conditions and still-hot volcanic material were making it dangerous for rescuers.
It also noted that 72 hours had passed since Sunday’s eruption.
That is the window beyond which officials earlier said it would be extremely unlikely to find any survivors amid the ash, mud and other debris that buried homes up to their rooftops.
“It rained very hard yesterday … The soil is unstable,” said Pablo Castillo, a national police spokesman.
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Associated Press in San Miguel Los Lotes
Thu 7 Jun 2018 21.46 BST
Rescuers have suspended search and recovery efforts at villages devastated by the eruption of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire, leaving people with missing loved ones distraught and prompting some to take up the risky work themselves with rudimentary tools.
Conred, the national disaster agency, said weather conditions and still-hot volcanic material were making it dangerous for rescuers.
It also noted that 72 hours had passed since Sunday’s eruption.
That is the window beyond which officials earlier said it would be extremely unlikely to find any survivors amid the ash, mud and other debris that buried homes up to their rooftops.
“It rained very hard yesterday … The soil is unstable,” said Pablo Castillo, a national police spokesman.
-snip-
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/07/guatemala-volcano-latest-search-suspended-200-missing