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2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption

View on map:14.468082°N 90.871598°W

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Lahar from the 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption
14.418721°N 90.825674°W

The lahar took out the bridge here and killed people watching from the bridge.


Lahar from the 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption
14.418184°N 90.826019°W

The remains of the bridge that was taken out by the lahar.

Lahars roared down the valleys and pyroclastic flows covered the side of the volcano.

Description


Map of Guatemala with Volcán de Fuego marked
The 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption was a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows from the Volcán de Fuego (Spanish for Volcano of Fire) in Guatemala on Sunday 3 June 2018. The eruption included lahars, pyroclastic flows, and clouds of volcanic ash, which left almost no evacuation time at all and caused the death of officially nearly 200 people. It was the deadliest eruption in Guatemala since 1929.

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