Guatemala volcano in pictures

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The Fuego volcano, about 40km (25 miles) south-west of Guatemala’s capital, erupted on 3 June, killing at least 25 people.
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Emergency services worked through the night after lava flows hit El Rodeo and other towns on the slopes of Fuego.
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It was Guatemala’s deadliest volcanic eruption for more than a century. President Jimmy Morales declared three days of national mourning.
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A mix of red-hot rock and gas, known as a pyroclastic flow, rushed down the mountainside and engulfed villages.
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Unlike slow-moving lava, which people may be able to escape from on foot, pyroclastic flows can reach extremely high speeds.
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Fast-moving flows hit villages, killing people inside their homes. Hundreds were injured and many are missing. The country’s main airport is closed.
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Volcanic ash rose more than 6km into the sky, and fell as far away as the capital, Guatemala City.
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Residents have been told to wear masks as protection in four regions. A total of 1.7 million people were affected by the eruption.
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Temporary shelters have been set up for survivors, including the one below in the city of Escuintla, south of Guatemala City.
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The military is providing assistance, clearing volcanic ash from the runway at Guatemala City’s La Aurora airport.
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Another eruption in February this year sent ash 1.7km (1.1 mile) into the sky, but Sunday’s event was on a much greater scale.
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More eruptions from the Fuego volcano are feared.
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Read the full story of the eruption here.

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[SIZE=6]What is a pyroclastic flow?[/SIZE]
By Paul Rincon, science editor, BBC News website

A pyroclastic flow is a fast-moving mixture of gas and volcanic material, such as pumice and ash. They are a common outcome of explosive volcanic eruptions, like the Fuego event, and are extremely dangerous to populations living downrange.

Just why they are so threatening can be seen from some of the eyewitness videos on YouTube of the Guatemalan eruption. In one, people stand on a bridge filming the ominous mass of gas and volcanic debris as it expands from Fuego.

Some bystanders only realise how fast it is travelling as the flow is almost upon them.

The speed it travels depends on several factors, such as the output rate of the volcano and the gradient of its slope. But they have been known to reach speeds of up to 700km/h - close to the cruising speed of a long-distance commercial passenger aircraft.

In addition, the gas and rock within a flow are heated to extreme temperatures, ranging between 200C and 700C. If you’re directly in its path, there is little chance of escape.

The eruption of Vesuvius, in Italy, in 79 AD produced a powerful pyroclastic flow, burying the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum under a thick blanket of ash.

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From the volcanic eruption pics it looked lovely but the aftermath ni disaster.

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Heshimu mother nature

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Holy crap!!

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Shait!

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na hii volcanic actitiy inazidi tu juzi ilikuwa hawai

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Shait!! Can imagine trying to run while being followed by a river of death. Painful way to go.

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ile siku menengai itaamua Kenya Disaster Mismanagement Team watakipatapata

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Lord have mercy on us.

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very sad indeed.

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valcano sand iko uko kwa wingi…

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Pole kwao.One of the reason I thank God for Kenya.

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Lava temperature ranges from 700–1200 degrees Celsius. It can melt copper (1073C) and turn it liquid.
Prayers for the Guatemalans.

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Menengai is a dormant volcano, I doubt if there’s any in Kenya that’s active.

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Dormant means that one unpredictable day it will decide to roast whatever will be around it!
In East Africa, Mt Meru in northern Tanzania is the most notable restless giant to watch! Arusha city with it’s close to 400,000 inhabitants is situated at the mountain’s

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Some shitty events have been happening in the world for the last two years which can’t be of the ordinary… The cracks in the rift valley, the sounds, the uncertainty in weather everywhere, the volcanoes …seriously this are not of the normal.

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even the rains we are experiencing in kenya is not normal,it is still raining na tuko june,there is nothing to fear but it may be a sign if something disastrous to come,glabal warming?

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65 dead…
Source; https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/969420/guatemala-volcano-eruption-map-fuego-volcano-evacuation-volcan-fuego

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