The eruption has affected more than 1.7 million people, mostly in the departments of Escuintla, Chimaltenango and Sacatepéquez that remained under red alert Friday. Photo: santiago billy/epa-efe/rex/shutt/EPA/ShutterstockActivity at Guatemala’s Volcán del Fuego intensified Friday, prompting renewed evacuations from areas around the volcano less than a week after a major eruption that killed at least 109 people. Hot volcanic material, including fine cement-like matter and large rocks, moved through gorges on the sides of the mountain, emitting hot gases and carrying tree trunks torn up by the flow, the volcanology institute warned. It expected columns of ash rising as high as 16,000 to 20,000 feet above sea level. The disaster response agency Conred said it evacuated people who had returned to their homes in El Rodeo, a village near the volcano that was one of those affected by Sunday’s major eruption.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 08, 2018 18:11 UTC