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Guatemala Death Toll from Volcano at 99 as Hope Fades for the Missing

HeadlineJun 07, 2018

In Guatemala, the death toll from a volcanic eruption near Guatemala City has risen to 99, as hope fades for the nearly 200 people who remain missing. Guatemala’s government says some 4,000 people are living in shelters after lava and ash destroyed homes and engulfed whole villages. This is survivor Amilcar Ajacabon.

Amilcar Ajacabon: “This is just going to be a cemetery, because San Miguel de Los Lotes is gone. So, those souls, those victims, they’re right there. They’re buried.”

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