A series of natural disasters have hit Guatemala in the last few days.
First the Pacaya Volcano,only 19 miles from the capitol, Guatemala City, woke up..
Lava flowed, black sand and rock and ash spewed everywhere. A newscaster covering the news near the volcano was killed by flying rocks.
then two days later on May 29th, Tropical Storm Agatha hit.
... destroying homes, causing floods, and creating tens of thousands of internally displaced. Infrastructure in this country—where the majority live in poverty—is very poor, and ill-equipped to handle such a double blow. As of last night, official numbers on storm: about 30,000 "refugees," close to 120,000 evacuated, 93 dead and rising.
The poor always suffer the most when events like this happen, and the two events together caused surreal conditions: knee-deep black sand mud, and "instant concrete" that forms when rain meets ash, clogging up drains and fragile sewage systems.
Below is a result of the torrential rains from the storm. An incredible sinkhole within Guatemala City.
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