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Fuego volcano, located about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of this
capital, on Sunday spewed a column of ash up to a kilometer (about 3,300
feet) high, a government agency reported. The National Vulcanology
Institute said in a communiqué that the volcano, which rises 3,763
meters (12,230 feet) above sea level, on Sunday erupted effusively,
according to seismic recordings and the images received from a camera at
the observatory at Panimache. The volcano’s activity presently
consists of emissions of red hot lava being hurled from the crater to a
height of some 500 meters (1,625 feet), the agency said. The institute
went on to say that three rivers of lava were emerging from the crater
and moving down the sides of the mountain. In addition, two emissions
of ash rising from 800 to 1,000 meters (about 2,600 feet to 3,300 feet)
were blowing southeast. The vulcanology institute warned that although
the eruption presently consists of an effusion of lava, the
possibility exists that in the coming hours the volcano’s activity will
increase to a pyroclastic flow of the kind experienced on May 19 and
May 25. A pyroclastic flow is a fast-moving current of superheated gas,
which can reach temperatures of about 1,000 C (1,830 F), and rock,
which reaches speeds moving away from a volcano of up to 700 km/h (450
mph). The flow normally hugs the ground and travels downhill, or
spreads laterally under gravity, and is quite devastating to virtually
anything in its path. The agency recommended to the Conred disaster
organization to maintain an orange preventive alert near the mountain
until the volcanic activity lessens. Civilian air traffic is being
warned to take precautions because the ash cloud extends up to 10
kilometers (6.2 miles) from the volcano. The Fuego volcano, whose name
in the Kakchikel Indian language is “Chi Cag” (where the fire is), is
one of the most impressive fire mountains in Central America and has
been in a constant state of activity. So far, civil protection
authorities do not think that the eruption represents a danger for
nearby towns, but it is recommending that residents in the region be on
alert to take whatever measures Conred may announce. –Fox Latino
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