Latin America & Caribbean
In photos: The desperate search for survivors of Fuego volcano eruption in Guatemala
A powerful eruption on Sunday in Guatemala sent columns of ash and rocks spewing down the slopes of the Fuego volcano, killing at least 69 people. WARNING: This slideshow includes graphic images.
The Pamal family lost 18 members in the eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala on Sunday.
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Exhausted rescuers leaving the town of El Rodeo, in the department of Escuintla, about 25 miles from Guatemala City.
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Sunday's powerful eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala buriedied several communities in ash with little time for residents to escape.
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Aerial view of the hamlet of San Miguel Los Lotes, covered in the flow of lava, rock and ash from the Fuego volcano.
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Rescue teams rushed to the lower slopes of the volcano. At least 300 injuries are reported besides 69 deaths.
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A rescue worker with a child in El Rodeo, Escuintla, on the slpes of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala.
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The viisble sign of the lava, rock and ash, known as pyroclastic flow, on the slopes of the Fuego volcano.
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A group of rescuers in Guatemala carry a wounded victim in El Rodeo, Escuintla.
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Rescuers used drones to locate survivors.
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A victim with leg burns.
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The pyroclastic flow of lava, rock and ash on the slopes of the Fuego volcano.
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A rescue worker takes a break in the search for survivors.
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Homes in Escuintla were overrun by the volcano's pyroclastic flow of lava, rock and ash.
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Residents of San Miguel Los Lotes, one of the worst hit communities, try to find survivors after Sunday's eruption of the Fuego volcano.
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At least 69 people died in villages at the foot of the volcano.
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Una muestra de los daños causados por la erupción potente del volcán de Fuego en Guatemala.
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A drone used by authorities in Guatemala flies over the disaster area trying to locate survivors from the Fuego volcano eruption.
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A distraught woman awaits word of relatives missing in the community of San Miguel Los Lotes.
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El cráter humeante del volcán de Fuego desde San Miguel Los Lotes.
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Rooms at the Reunion hotel destroyed by the lava flow in Alotenango.
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A rescue worker assists survivors of the volcanic eruption.
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Several children were rescued by emergency teams.
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Another vicitms is carried on a stretcher by rescue workers.
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Sunday's eruption if the Fuego volcano was its most violent in four decades.
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A child rescued from the disaster zone is carried to safety.
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Una pequeña es asistida por un rescatista durante la noche del domingo.
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Teams of emergency workers, fireman and soldiers joined the search and rescue effort.
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La ceniza humeante que afectó el caserío San Miguel de los lotes.
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Rescatistan buscan sobrevivientes en Escuintla, al fondo el cráter humeante del volcán.
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Rescatistas y residentes continúan en la búsqueda de sobrevivientes.
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Víctimas mortales de la erupción del volcán de Fuego, Guatemala, cubiertas con mantas azules.
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Así se veía la noche de este domingo la erupción del volcán de Fuego, en Guatemala.
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