{"id":519996,"date":"2026-08-06T19:37:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/the-fuego-volcano-one-of-the-three-active-ones-in-guatemala-is-losing-strength-in-its-eruptions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T19:37:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:37:55","slug":"the-fuego-volcano-one-of-the-three-active-ones-in-guatemala-is-losing-strength-in-its-eruptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/the-fuego-volcano-one-of-the-three-active-ones-in-guatemala-is-losing-strength-in-its-eruptions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fuego volcano, one of the three active ones in Guatemala, is losing strength in its eruptions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Guatemala City.-<\/strong> The <strong>Fuego<\/strong> volcano, one of the three active ones in Guatemala, has lost strength in its eruptions over the last 24 hours, but civil protection authorities are maintaining preventive alerts in the surrounding departments due to the accumulation of volcanic material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aforementioned volcano recorded explosions early in the week that sent ash columns up to 6,000 meters high, but its eruptions have weakened in the last 48 hours, according to reports this Thursday from the authorities of the <strong>National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (Insivumeh).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You might be interested in: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/internacionales\/estados-unidos-en-maximo\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"696288\">United States at maximum alert level for wildfires with 94 large active blazes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Fuego volcano, located in the center of Guatemala, is one of only three active volcanoes in the Central American country\u2014along with Santiaguito and Pacaya, located in the west and south, respectively\u2014out of the 37 volcanic structures registered in the national territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its bulletin issued this Thursday, Insivumeh detailed that Fuego is recording five to ten explosions per hour with ash columns at 4,500 meters above sea level; Santiaguito presents one to four explosions per hour with rockfall, while Pacaya is only recording degassing up to 100 meters above the crater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Fuego volcano caused the preventive evacuation of more than 1,600 people this week in the departments (provinces) of Chimaltenango, Escuintla, and Sacatep\u00e9quez, affecting more than 29,000 residents due to ashfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the colossus returned to its normal parameters, the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conred) decided to maintain the institutional orange alert for Sacatep\u00e9quez and the yellow alert for Escuintla and Chimaltenango, a measure that requires relief agencies and local authorities to remain deployed in the face of possible resulting emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;However, threats associated with accumulated volcanic material remain active, including the descent of lahars, ash dispersion, among others due to the normal activity of the volcano,&#8221; warned Conred in its latest bulletin issued today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities are monitoring the passage of tropical wave number 25 over Guatemalan territory, a meteorological system that is generating conditions for scattered rains with electrical activity in the Bocacosta, the geographical strip in the southwest that precedes the Pacific coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Located about 50 kilometers southwest of Guatemala City, the 3,763-meter-high colossus is remembered for the eruption of June 3, 2018, which left 202 dead and at least 229 missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guatemala City.- The Fuego volcano, one of the three active ones in Guatemala, has lost strength in its eruptions over the last 24 hours, but civil protection authorities are maintaining preventive alerts in the surrounding departments due to the accumulation of volcanic material. 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