One of Guatemala ’s most red volcanoes is back at it again . Less than six month after amajor eruptionkilled more than 150 , Volcan de Fuego yawl to life in the other hours of Monday . ripple lava and a hulk ash tree cloud visible from blank space sentabout 4,000 peoplescrambling for guard .
Fuego has been on a tear this year with notable eruption in February , June , and now November . This week ’s eruption was forgo by little clouds of ash that begin whiff from its crest late last hebdomad before the pyrotechnics on Sunday night into the teentsy hours of Monday .
INSIVUMEH , Guatemala ’s agency responsible for monitoring vent , enunciate in astatementthat the ash feather reach roughly 20,000 animal foot above ocean stratum and sent ash fly nearly 20 mile from the eruption .
According to CONRED , Guatemala ’s disaster preparedness agency , flashes of lava rose up to 3,280 metrical unit above Volcan de Fuego ’s crater . The volcano also flung junk thousands of groundwork in all directions and some moderate lava flows were detect crawling down its flank . The former night and early morning hours impart the scene an apocalyptical tactile property .
Though the photo are dramatic , this bang so far ( thankfully ) does n’t compare to one in June . That sent ash tree towering into the sky before hurry back down the vent ’s flanks as pyroclastic flowing — a super hot brew of ash , toxic gas , and dust — that speedily overtook the surrounding countryside . Many residentsdidn’t have equal warningsto get out of scathe ’s way , ensue in one of thedeadliest eruptions in Guatemalan history . Prosecutors areinvestigating the delayed warningsto find if voidance order could have arrive preferably and helped save more life .
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