Fuego volcano spews more ash and mud as Guatemala shelters 1,700 who fled nearby villages

Guatemala remained on alert Tuesday after evacuating villages during an eruption of the Fuego volcano, one of Central America’s most active.

Fuego has been erupting in Guatemala for over 24 hours. As per INSIVUMEH, the intensity was easing slightly, but the risk remains.

Officials warn the next three days are critical, as forecast rain threatens to trigger more mudflows from the volcano.

Guatemala raised its alert to red and evacuated 659 people from eight villages after the Fuego volcano erupted on Monday, spewing lava fountains and pyroclastic flows down its slopes.

Fuego volcano spews more ash and mud as Guatemala shelters 1,700 who fled nearby villages  AP News

Guatemala remained on alert Tuesday after evacuating hundreds of people following an eruption of the Fuego volcano, which is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire and one of Central America’s most active volcanoes. The country’s disaster management agency said 659 people were evacuated from eight villages in the danger area

Hundreds of people living on the slopes of Guatemala's Fuego volcano evacuated their homes Tuesday after a huge eruption spewed lava and plumes of ash. Emergency services issued a red alert, the most severe warning, after Central America's most active volcano erupted Monday morning, with conditions intensifying by nigh

Guatemalan authorities remain on alert and have evacuated residents from eight villages following an eruption of the Fuego volcano, one of Central America's most active volcanoes

Guatemala's Fuego volcano intensifies, prompts preventive evacuations  reuters.com

Guatemala evacuates villages after Fuego volcano erupts  Toronto Star

Guatemalan officials on Monday began evacuating two villages near the Fuego volcano due to the ongoing eruption.

GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 4 - Guatemalan authorities ordered the preventive evacuation of two communities near the Fuego volcano late on Monday as it entered a more intense eruptive phase, spewing ash and sending pyroclastic flows down its slopes.

Authorities in Guatemala have ordered evacuations around the Fuego volcano, which is erupting

Authorities in Guatemala have ordered evacuations in some southern communities around the Fuego volcano, which is erupting.Claudinne Ogaldes, executive secretary of the Guatemalan disaster managing agency Conred, confirmed on Monday evening to The Associated Press that the eruption started on Monday morning and increas

Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala - one of the most volatile volcanoes in the world - has started erupting, with a nationwide 'danger' alert issued

The country's disaster energy issued in second-highest warning level and urged residents to seek shelter. Onlookers have also been warned to stop climbing a nearby volcano to take videos of the eruption.

Lava flows out of the crater of the Fuego Volcano, as seen from San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala, Aug 4, 2026. (Photo: AP/Moises Castillo) 04 Aug 2026 06:36PM GUATEMALA CITY: Authorities in Guatemala have ordered evacuations in some southern communities around the Fuego volcano, which is erupting.Claudinne Ogaldes, execu

Guatemala has declared a nationwide orange danger alert after Volcán de Fuego, one of Central America's most active volcanoes, erupted sending lava, ash and smoke into the air and forcing residents in nearby villages to evacuate.

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