There are reports of at least 6 dead and 20 injured after the eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala earlier today:
At least 6 people have died, 20 people have been injured after the Fuego volcano erupted. #VolcánDeFuego #Guatemala https://t.co/nWZJKgM4Xt
— Mike Hamernik (@MikeHamernik) June 4, 2018
Update 5.48 am. June 4: The death toll and number of injured has climbed:
Estimated 25 people killed and around 300 injured on in the most violent eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano in more than four decades. https://t.co/8vjbMW35og pic.twitter.com/2Mw49SDAJp
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 4, 2018
And the photos and video of the eruption are insane:
Wow – view from La Reunion Golf Course… pic.twitter.com/MyQdiEbikj
— Matthew Watson (@Matthew__Watson) June 3, 2018
Driving conditions in the area are treacherous, to say the least:
https://twitter.com/_juamfra/status/1003365530441568256
These are scenes of the pyroclastic flow, made up of a “high-density mix of hot lava blocks, pumice, ash and volcanic gas” as it raced down the mountainside:
Volcán de Fuego y sus erupciones… pic.twitter.com/6T9TxQ6hOo
— Guía espiritual (Demiurgo). (@RB_Sativa) June 3, 2018
Imagine this in your rear-view mirror?
WTF… This is what people in #Guatemala ?? saw after the Fuego volcano erupted less than an hour ago.
Deaths have already been reported. pic.twitter.com/9DbToOQl5z
— Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) June 3, 2018
And onlookers here were almost swamped by the ash cloud as the flow traveled underneath the bridge:
#InformePreliminar de @GuatemalaGob | 7 fallecidos, 296 heridos y aproximadamente un millón de personas afectadas. #VolcanFuego #fuego #volcano #volcán #guatemala #antiguaguatemala #Fire #lava #eruption #eruption #guatemalaciudad pic.twitter.com/sYjPZsmJEE
— República (@republicagt) June 4, 2018
Stay safe, everyone.
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Related:
Nanny state strikes again as scientists tell Hawaii residents not to do THIS at Kilauea volcano https://t.co/SpImppsWf4
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 29, 2018
Shot of the YEAR: Check out this pic of players enjoying a round of golf… VERY close to the Kilauea volcano https://t.co/17IHIXM8uj
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 16, 2018