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Hundreds evacuated as Guatemalan volcano erupts
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» ESCUINTLA (GUATEMALA) - Guatemalan authorities said Thursday they were evacuating more than 500 people after Central America's most active volcano spewed gas and ash.
Beavers introduced by humans threaten Patagonian forest
AFP, Published on 23/04/2021
» TIERRA DEL FUEGO, Chile: The Karukinka natural park on Chile's side of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago guards a treasure trove of ancient beech trees saved from the chainsaws of loggers.
Hamilton and Button on board as green machines go to extremes
AFP, Published on 02/04/2021
» AL-ULA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Billed as motor-sport with a "platform for climate action", Extreme E gets underway in the deserts of Saudi Arabia on Sunday before attempting to highlight the environmental dangers posed to the Arctic, Amazon rainforest as well as oceans and glaciers.
Thousands evacuated as Guatemala volcano erupts, then stops
AFP, Published on 20/11/2018
» GUATEMALA CITY: Guatemalan authorities declared a red alert and evacuated around 4,000 people Monday after the Fuego volcano erupted for the fifth time this year, sending bursts of ash and lava down the mountain before its activity decreased and then stopped.
Argentine submarine find 'first step' to learning disaster's cause
AFP, Published on 19/11/2018
» BUENOS AIRES - The discovery of the wreckage of an Argentine submarine lost a year ago has revived a stalled probe into the cause of the undersea disaster that took the lives of 44 crew members.
At least 99 dead as Guatemala volcano threatens new eruptions
AFP, Published on 07/06/2018
» ESCUINTLA. Guatemala: Explosions boomed from Guatemala's fearsome Fuego volcano Wednesday, unleashing fresh torrents of mud and ash down slopes, as the death toll from a previous eruption rose to at least 99.
Guatemala toll rises to 73 after strong explosion
AFP, Published on 06/06/2018
» ALOTENANGO (GUATEMALA) - A powerful explosion sparked a mass evacuation Tuesday of areas already devastated near Guatemala's Fuego volcano, which officials said has killed at least 73 people since it first erupted over the weekend.
Nearly 200 missing, 75 dead from Guatemala volcano
AFP, Published on 06/06/2018
» GUATEMALA CITY: About 200 people were missing and at least 75 were confirmed killed since Guatemala's Fuego volcano began erupting over the weekend, officials said on Tuesday.
Guatemala volcano death toll up to 69, expected to rise
Associated Press, Published on 05/06/2018
» EL RODEO, Guatemala: Rescuers pulled survivors and bodies from the charred aftermath of the powerful eruption of Guatemala's Volcano of Fire, as the death toll rose to 69 on Monday and was expected to go higher from a disaster that caught residents of remote mountain hamlets off guard, with little or no time to flee to safety.
Toll rises in Guatemala volcano as more bodies recovered
AFP, Published on 05/06/2018
» ALOTENANGO (GUATEMALA) - Rescue workers Monday pulled more bodies from under the dust and rubble left by an explosive eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano, bringing the death toll to at least 62.