Alert in Guatemala Due to Eruption of Volcano de Fuego: Evacuations Ordered
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
Guatemalan authorities activated an orange alert on Tuesday, indicating the second highest level of danger, due to the eruption of Volcano de Fuego. Claudinne Ogaldes, executive secretary of the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED), confirmed to The Associated Press that the volcano's activity began on Monday morning and intensified throughout the day, prompting the evacuation of nearby communities as a precaution. Live broadcasts showed large columns of gas and ash rising from the volcano as it expelled massive amounts of incandescent lava and pyroclastic flow descending rapidly.
AI summary · Source: Telemundo McAllen (KTLM) →
