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Guatemalan
Volcanoes
Increase
Activity
Guatemalan
volcanoes
Santiaguito
and
Fuego
increased
their
activity
in
the
last
hours
and
the
authorities
recommended
on
Monday
took
all
the
necessary
precautions
with
the
surrounding
air
traffic.
The
dispersion
of
ash
in
various
directions
and
changes
in
wind
pattern
led
to
the
National
Institute
of
Seismology,
Volcanology,
Meteorology
and
Hydrology
(Insivumeh)
to
warn
about
the
civil
aviation.
An
Insivumeh
report
that
Santiaguito
volcano
recorded
33
explosions
in
24
hours,
with
a
range
of
up
to
800
meters
above
the
crater,
leaving
ashes
scattered
in
the
southwest
and
southeast.
Santiaguito
volcano
is
located
in
Quetzaltenango
district,
and
its
height
is
2,550
meters
above
sea
level.
The
Insivumeh
reported
white
and
blue
plume
up
to
100
meters
above
the
crater,
with
displacement
to
the
southwest,
in
the
case
of
Fuego
volcano,
whose
height
is
3,763
meters
above
sea
level
and
is
located
between
the
departments
of
Sacatepequez,
Chimaltenango
and
Escuintla
(center
south). |
