Guatemala's Fuego volcano

[JayF]

The last report that I heard was that 69 people were killed and hundreds injured.

 

[Kory]

One of the most active volcanoes in the Americas. It has a long recorded history of major eruptions.

 

[warneagle]

A couple of my colleagues at the museum were down there for a conference last week and left right before this happened.

Pyroclastic flows are up there with things like tsunamis for most terrifying geophysical phenomenon in my book.

 

[WesL]

Over 200 people missing according to a report on CBS This Morning. Their government is reaching out to the UN for immediate assistance. From the sounds of things, this threat is not over.

 

[WesL]

The pictures out of Guatemala are just so horrible. I won't post them here but Matt Drudge has one on his main page that makes me just pause for a moment and think about what was going through their minds. Time just stopped for them.