Guatemala remains on high alert following a violent, continuous eruption of the Volcán de Fuego (Volcano of Fire), one of Central America's most active and dangerous volcanoes. The eruption sent blazing rivers of lava and massive plumes of ash soaring nearly four miles into the sky, turning surrounding clouds an ominous red.


Guatemala on alert: Fuego volcano erupts, 659 people evacuated

Guatemalan authorities on Monday declared a red alert after the Fuego volcano erupted again, forcing about 3,000 residents to flee. A fiery glow rose from the crater of Fuego which is erupting for the fifth time this year, one month after the last one and following a June 3 rain of rocks, ash and toxic gases that left almost 200 people dead and 235 missing.

Red alert after Guatemala volcano erupts again, 3,000 flee

At least 110 people died after Fuego erupted last Sunday, pushing fast-moving currents of dust, lava and gas down the volcano's slopes in its greatest eruption in four decades, and close to 200 more are believed buried beneath the waste

In Guatemala, woman searches for 50 relatives buried by volcano

The death toll from Fuego's most violent eruption in four decades has been gradually rising and now stands at 109

Guatemala warns of falling ash as volcanic activity picks up

The death toll in the eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano rose to 62 today as rescue workers recovered more bodies from devastated villages.

Guatemala volcano eruption: 69 dead and hundreds injured as lava surge sweeps through villages

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