June 3, 2018 Eruption of Fuego

In a special bulletin from 0600 on 3 June INSIVUMEH noted increased activity at Fuego. Strong explosions were accompanied by rumbling sounds, and shock waves that vibrated local structures. Dense ash plumes rose 2.3 km above the crater and drifted SW, W, NW, and N. Pyroclastic flows descended the Seca (Santa Teresa) drainage on the W flank, and possibly other drainages, though poor weather conditions prevented clear views of the summit area. Ash plumes drifted in westerly directions, causing ashfall (on roofs and cars).

On 5 June INSIVUMEH reported that activity again increased. Explosions occurring at a rate of 8-10/hour, some strong, generated ash plumes that rose 5 km and drifted E and NE. At 1928 a pyroclastic flow traveled down the Las Lajas drainage.

(reference #2432)

Rescue workers searched for survivors on Monday amid a desolate landscape of ash and mud after a volcano erupted near the Guatemalan capital the previous day, killing at least 62 people. The number of missing after Volcán del Fuego's eruption was unclear, said the authorities from Guatemala's natural disaster commission, known as Conred. The volcano, which sits less than 30 miles from the capital, Guatemala City, erupted just before noon Sunday and continued to spew ash, rocks and gas into the air. A second powerful eruption followed at 6:45 p.m. Some two million people were affected by the volcano's ash, which billowed 15,000 feet into the air and dispersed over a nine-mile radius. More than 3,200 people were evacuated, and at least 46 people were injured, some of them with severe burns. More than 1,600 were in shelters. (reference #12159)

People affected: 1,714,387. People evacuated: 12,823. People treated: 8,534. People in shelters: 3,559. People injured: 57. Deaths: 112. Missing: 197. Houses destroyed: 186 Energy grid impacted: 2. Bridges destroyed: 2. Roads Destroyed: 1. Roads impacted: 5. Schools Impacted 3. Schools destroyed: 1. (reference #12161)

According to Asociación Nacional del Café (Anacafe) technicians, the volcanic eruption has direct impacts in an area of ​​3,400 to 4,055 blocks of land of the coffee crop, which would represent 0.91 percent of the national production. (reference #12162)

People affected: 1,714,387. People evacuated: 12,823. People treated: 8,866. People injured: 27. Deaths: 201. Missing: 229. Houses destroyed: 186 Energy grid impacted: 2. Bridges destroyed: 2. Roads Destroyed: 1. Roads impacted: 5. Schools Impacted: 3. Schools destroyed: 1. (reference #12179)

[...]the figure is very different from the one provided by volunteer group Antigua al Rescate, which reported that there are more than 2,900 dead and missing in ground zero in San Miguel Los Lotes, with 470 of those children.(reference #12180)

461 total deaths (includes rain events) (reference #1250)

USD 120 million overall losses (reference #12634)