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Pilgrims, Prayers, and Pizza on Pacaya Volcano
The Atlantic   17 May 2021   Guatemala  
A man watches as red-hot lava flows during an eruption of the Pacaya volcano at San Vicente de Sales municipality in Guatemala's Escuintla region on May 8, 2021.
<p>Guatemala&rsquo;s Pacaya volcano has been in a fairly active period since about 1961. Earlier this year, a new fissure vent opened, and rivers of lava began flowing out, threatening several nearby communities. The lava has been advancing slowly, and locals ...
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Guatemala volcano: Dozens die as Fuego volcano erupts
BBC NEWS   04 June 2018   Guatemala   Guatemala City  
Falling ash has coated streets AFP/GETTY
<p>Twenty-five people have been killed and hundreds injured in the most violent eruption in decades in Guatemala.</p><p>The Fuego volcano, about 40km (25 miles) south-west of the capital Guatemala City, has been spewing rocks, black smoke and ash into the ...
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Death toll in Guatemala landslide reaches 131
The Telegraph   05 October 2015   Guatemala   Santa Catarina Pinula  
According to local press, at least ten people died and 100 houses were destroyed due to a landslide on Thursday night caused by rains in recent days, Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala Photo: Rex
<p>At least 131 people were killed in mudslides that smashed into a village outside Guatemala City, officials said Sunday, three days after the disaster struck the Central American nation.<br />"Unfortunately, a new count shows that there are 131 confirmed ...
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Dozens feared dead as hillside collapses on town in Guatemala
The Guardian   03 October 2015   Guatemala   Santa Catarina Pinula  
the landslide in Cambray near Guatemala City on 2/10/15
<p>The collapse of a hillside onto a town on the edge of Guatemala City has killed at least 26 people and left hundreds missing as rescue crews search for survivors in homes buried by dirt and sludge. Loosened by heavy rains, tons of dirt and trees tumbled ...