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CENTRAL AMERICA
NEWS BRIEFS
| Friday 14 January 2011 |
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Volcano
Triggers
Yellow
Alert in
3
Guatemalan
Departments
GUATEMALA
-
Three
Guatemalan
departments
are
under
yellow
alert,
as a
preventive
measure
in the
face of
the
sustained
activity
of Fuego
Volcano.
Sacatepequez,
Chimaltenango,
and
Escuintla
keep a
wary eye
on the
evolution
in
coming
days of
the
colossal,
volcano,
3,763
meters
above
sea
level.
The
volcano
is being
monitored
by the
National
Coordinating
Office
for
Disaster
Reduction,
and the
National
Institute
of
Seismology,
Vulcanology,
Meteorology,
and
Hydrology.
The
Institute
has
recently
registered
weak and
moderate
explosions,
with
thick
grey
ashes
spewing
forth
from the
volcano,
some as
high as
500 to
800
meters.
Such
explosions
are
generating
shock
waves
felt as
far as
seven
kilometres
(about
4.3
miles)
from the
crater,
as well
as
constant
moderate
avalanches.
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