Guatemalan authorities raised the alert level Tuesday evening due to increased activity at the Fuego volcano, according to reports. The move follows an earlier escalation to a nationwide orange alert and evacuations of villages reported earlier today.
The new alert level raise comes roughly four hours after Guatemala declared a nationwide orange alert and began evacuating villages following the Fuego volcano eruption earlier Tuesday. The earlier measures, reported by local media, included the evacuation of communities near the volcano. The current message does not specify the new alert level, but indicates continued intensification of volcanic activity. As The Zioneer reported earlier Tuesday, the orange alert was the second escalation of the day, following an initial 'danger' alert. The Fuego volcano, one of Central America's most active, has been showing increased activity in recent hours.
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