{"id":212028,"date":"2021-03-26T23:39:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/guatemalas-pacaya-volcano-continues-erupting-after-50-days\/"},"modified":"2021-03-26T23:39:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:39:45","slug":"guatemalas-pacaya-volcano-continues-erupting-after-50-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/guatemalas-pacaya-volcano-continues-erupting-after-50-days\/","title":{"rendered":"#Guatemala’s Pacaya volcano continues erupting after 50 days"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Guatemala’s Pacaya volcano continues erupting after 50 days<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n Lava flowing out of the Pacaya volcano, 25km south of Guatemala City on March 25, 2021
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The Pacaya volcano close to Guatemala’s capital is maintaining “high levels” of activity with strong eruptions, ash clouds and rivers of lava spewing out, officials said on Friday.<\/p>\n

The 2,500-meter (8,200-foot) volcano that lies 25 kilometers to the south of Guatemala City has been erupting for 50 days, damaging plantations in the path of the lava.<\/p>\n

Pacaya is expelling ash up to 500 meters from its crater, located 2.5 kilometers southwest of the cone, the vulcanology institute said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Falling ash was registered in the El Rodeo and El Patrocinio communities, the institute said, adding that “the volcanic activity is considered at high levels.”<\/p>\n

The activity has produced a lava flow 2.2 kilometers long on the west flank of the volcano.<\/p>\n

The national disaster coordination body said the lava had caused “fire and the destruction of coffee and avocado plantations.”<\/p>\n

Despite the spectacular eruptions, inhabitants of the surrounding villages have chosen to stay at home.<\/p>\n

The civil protection body has asked authorities to prohibit people from app<\/a>roaching either the crater or the lava flows due to the risk of falling debris.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, a change in wind direction forced the closure of the country’s only international airport for almost 24 hours due to ash.<\/p>\n