{"id":1991,"date":"2026-08-05T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=1991"},"modified":"2026-08-05T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T09:00:15","slug":"fuego-volcano-in-guatemala-spews-more-ash-and-mud-1700-evacuated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=1991","title":{"rendered":"Fuego volcano in Guatemala spews more ash and mud, 1,700 evacuated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__divider\">\n<div class=\"listen-to-article\"><button class=\"listen-to-article__button\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><title>Listen<\/title>Listen (2 mins)<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share__update-reading-list-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"update-reading-list\">\n<p class=\"update-reading-list__button-text\">Save<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div 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<\/span>AFP<!-- --> and <!-- -->AP<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<div class=\"date-simple\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 5 Aug 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">5 Aug 2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p>Guatemala has raised the danger warning level to red for three villages and is remaining on alert after evacuating villages near the Fuego volcano, one of Central America\u2019s most active, which erupted earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 1,700 people are still in shelters, and officials say the next 72 hours will be critical.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"more-on__list\">\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 1 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" 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continue descending from the volcano, with incoming rain expected to increase the risk of additional volcanic mudflows.<\/p>\n<p>The volcano erupted on Monday, sending gas, ash, lava and pyroclastic flows down the volcano\u2019s slopes, and continued into Tuesday with fresh emissions of mud and ash. Conred raised the alert to red in three municipalities, Sacatepequez, Escuintla and Chimaltenango, where about 29,000 people are affected by ashfall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4830344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4830344\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4830344\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/afp_6a72d19cd50e-1785909660.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Fuego volcano erupts in Alotenango, some 65 kilometers southwest of Guatemala City, on August 4, 2026.\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4830344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fuego volcano erupts in Alotenango, some 65km southwest of Guatemala City, on August 4, 2026 (AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"disruption-of-schools-and-roads\">Disruption of schools and roads<\/h2>\n<p>Conred\u2019s executive director, Claudinne Ogaldes, advised residents in the three red-alert municipalities to cover their water deposits and use face masks as protection from ash, even though no mudflows have reached villages yet and no structures have been damaged,<\/p>\n<p>A major highway that passes close to the volcano, National Route 14, was closed. Schools will also see disruption as the education ministry suspended classes in nearby towns.<\/p>\n<p>Due to its location on the volatile Pacific \u201cRing of Fire\u201d, Guatemala regularly experiences volcanic and seismic activity, and Fuego alone has triggered mass evacuations multiple times in recent years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last year, an eruption forced more than 500 people into shelters and shut down schools after the volcano released clouds of gas and ash.<\/p>\n<p>A 2023 eruption uprooted roughly 1,200 residents, while the deadliest came in 2018, when an eruption sent superheated lava down the volcano\u2019s slopes, burying the villages of San Miguel Los Lotes and El Rodeo under hot ash and leaving 194 confirmed dead and 234 missing and presumed dead.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4700336\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/INTERACTIVE-Earthquake-fault-lines-Ring-of-Fire-plate-crust-1782377358.png?quality=80\" alt=\"INTERACTIVE Earthquake fault lines Ring of Fire plate crust-1782377358\" data-interactive=\"true\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Evacuees rest at a shelter after fleeing their village following the eruption of the Fuego volcano in Escuintla, Guatemala, on August 4, 2026 (AFP) By AFP and AP Published On 5 Aug 20265 Aug 2026 Guatemala [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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