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Guatemala volcano eruption leaves at least 25 dead
AP via CBC News ^ | 6/4/18

Posted on 06/03/2018 10:20:46 PM PDT by Kartographer

Rescuers struggled to reach rural residents cut off by a volcanic eruption that killed at 25 people near Guatemala's capital, and authorities feared the death toll could rise with an undetermined number of people unaccounted for.

The Volcan de Fuego, Spanish for "volcano of fire," exploded in a hail of ash and molten rock shortly before noon Sunday, blanketing nearby villages in heavy ash. Then it began sending lava flows down the mountain's flank and across homes and roads around 4 p.m. local time

Eddy Sanchez, director of the country's seismology and volcanology institute, said the flows reached temperatures of about 700 C.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deathtoll; guatemala; ringoffire; volcandefuego; volcano; volcanooffire
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To: Doogle; Kartographer; SunkenCiv; BenLurkin; All

Check out this series of videos of the eruption and rescue work. This is no laughing matter for the poor folks affected, burned, and killed by this event. There is talk of two streams of lava, but in one place a number of bodies are scattered on the ground and my guess is they died from a pyroclastic flow (flujo plastico as they are saying in Spanish). Both you tube sites have very dramatic footage from a number of angles. Many rescue workers, others fleeing as hot clouds roll down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYlT2utvif8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsnBn2FZLso


21 posted on 06/04/2018 2:31:05 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: Doogle; Kartographer; SunkenCiv; BenLurkin; All

Check out this series of videos of the eruption and rescue work. This is no laughing matter for the poor folks affected, burned, and killed by this event. There is talk of two streams of lava, but in one place a number of bodies are scattered on the ground and my guess is they died from a pyroclastic flow (flujo plastico as they are saying in Spanish). Both you tube sites have very dramatic footage from a number of angles. Many rescue workers, others fleeing as hot clouds roll down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYlT2utvif8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsnBn2FZLso


22 posted on 06/04/2018 2:31:14 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: House Atreides; Kartographer; SunkenCiv; cll; All

And here is some English language reporting on the tragedy. The Spanish youtube in my previous comment is more detailed.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/03/americas/guatemala-fuego-volcano-erupts/index.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/volcan-de-fuego-volcano-of-fire-deadly-explosions-ash-molten-rock-guatemala-city-today-2018-06-03/


23 posted on 06/04/2018 2:47:11 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Great Hispanic artists and poets like COMMUNISTS Pablo Neruda and Pablo Picasso.


24 posted on 06/04/2018 3:47:19 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: Kartographer

Did they run out of virgins?


25 posted on 06/04/2018 4:03:07 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Donate to Mike Flynn's legal fund: https://mikeflynndefensefund.org/)
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To: gleeaikin

Pyroclastic flows are a nasty business ... huge, fast, and lethal. Ask the residents of Pompeii. Most of them are still there (buried in ash).


26 posted on 06/04/2018 4:09:55 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: House Atreides

I saw that as well.


27 posted on 06/04/2018 4:43:39 AM PDT by EEGator (The best part of freedom of speech is it lets one know who the a-holes are...)
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To: Pelham; Kartographer
I love those documentaries on Pompeii - The site has fascinated me since I was a child.

A few months ago, I came across these on Youtube: 4K Walking tours throughout the city. It's almost like being there. Enjoy!

Pompeii Walking Tours in 4K

And they are not just Pompeii but almost any place you can think of. I think these are great resources for elderly or just letting run in the background while you are reading or something.

28 posted on 06/04/2018 4:48:51 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: wardaddy
"Volcano of Fire.....how imaginative those early Spaniards must have been"

Yes...names that evoke beauty...Lik Boca Raton, FL. Or better yet, look up the etymology of Montego, Jamaica!

29 posted on 06/04/2018 4:50:29 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: NorthMountain
You are thinking of Herculaneum, not Pompeii. Pompei was destroyed by rock and ash primarily.
30 posted on 06/04/2018 5:02:45 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: BenLurkin

Not according to USGS. Least not over a 2.4 mag.


31 posted on 06/04/2018 5:08:34 AM PDT by windowdude
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To: Kartographer

I was around the area where Volcan de Fugeo is. Quite beautiful as there is a chain of three volcanoes.


32 posted on 06/04/2018 5:25:41 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: Kartographer

A volcanic eruption like this is no laughing matter. I am praying for all those whose lives are altered forever. Some have died or been injured. Others have lost loved ones. Many others have lost whatever they had in the way of material possessions. I am sad for the people living there.


33 posted on 06/04/2018 5:30:56 AM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever!)
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To: Kartographer

“The Volcan de Fuego, Spanish for “volcano of fire,” exploded in a hail of ash and molten rock”, wiping out decades of progress on man made climate change.


34 posted on 06/04/2018 5:37:23 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Freee-dame

People can be rather crass on the internet.


35 posted on 06/04/2018 5:42:18 AM PDT by EEGator (The best part of freedom of speech is it lets one know who the a-holes are...)
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To: EEGator

Most of us, including myself, are guilty of being crass online...


36 posted on 06/04/2018 5:43:56 AM PDT by EEGator (The best part of freedom of speech is it lets one know who the a-holes are...)
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To: Vaquero

You left out that commie who boned Frida Kahlo.

Diego something.


37 posted on 06/04/2018 5:46:32 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan
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To: T-Bone Texan

Rivera


38 posted on 06/04/2018 5:56:39 AM PDT by EEGator (The best part of freedom of speech is it lets one know who the a-holes are...)
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To: BenLurkin

“Was this preceded by earthquakes?”

Yes. I think they were fours.

Below is the link to last night’s earthquake forecast by Dutchsinse which is titled “6/03/2018 — Global Earthquake Forecast — MAJOR UNREST taking place — Volcanism increase- BE READY”

He’s also pointing out unusual earthquake activity off the southeast coast of Africa near a volcano which hasn’t erupted for 5000 years.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l0o6ibma19o


39 posted on 06/04/2018 5:56:55 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the SEALs of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The United States of America.)
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To: Kartographer

Mrs. BN & I flew out of Guatemala City this past Wednesday. The friend who drove us to the airport told us to “Look for the volcano after take-off. It’s the most active in Central America. Sometimes we can see it from the hotel at night!”

Our co-worker flew out Sunday at 8 am. The volcano blew just before noon, wiping out a village and closing the airport.

The mission we spent time with, located about 100 miles to the east, is getting ash fall.


40 posted on 06/04/2018 6:19:12 AM PDT by BwanaNdege (uires sonm)
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