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Fuego Volcano in Guatemala

Guatemala's Fuego volcano has erupted, covering villages in volcanic ash and debris during its most powerful eruption in over 100 years. Local reports confirm at least 69 people have been killed with many more still missing.

A state of emergency was declared as 3,000 people living near the volcano were evacuated to temporary shelters. The town of El Rodeo was worst affected, with rescuers still trying to reach the other nearby towns of Alotenango and San Miguel Los Lotes.

The eruption closed Guatemala's main international airport as columns of ash and smoke rose 10km into the air. The falling ash and rock has also covered the villages and coffee farms which sit on the slopes of the volcano.

Soldiers and firefighters assisting emergency workers are still searching for missing people in the dense covering of ash, mud and rock with at least 10 people being pulled from the lava flows by helicopter.

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Type of Event:Volcano
Location of Event:Guatemala
Date of Charter Activation:2018-06-05
Time of Charter Activation:09:12
Time zone of Charter Activation:UTC+02:00
Charter Requestor:CONRED
Activation ID:576
Project Management:DLR

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Fuego volcanic activity situation: Grading Map

Copyright: Sentinel-2 © Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018)
Pleiades © CNES (2018) - Distribution: Airbus Defence and Space, all rights reserved
Map produced by Copernicus Emergency Management Service (2018 European Union)

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Acquired: Sentinel-2: 15/01/2017
Pleiades: 09/06/2018

Source: Sentinel-2 / Pleiades

Mount Fuego Topography

Copyright: © JAXA (2018)

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Acquired: 25/05/2018 & 07/06/2018

Source: ALOS-2

Mount Fuego Topography

Copyright: © JAXA (2018)

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Acquired: 11/06/2018

Source: ALOS-2

Damage assessment at Alotenango, Guatemala

Copyright: Pleiades © CNES (2018) - Distribution: Airbus Defence and Space, all rights reserved
Map produced by GAF AG

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Acquired: 06/06/2018

Source: Pleiades

Damage assessment at San Miguel Los Lotes, Guatemala

Copyright: WorldView-3 © DigitalGlobe Inc.
Map produced by e-GEOS

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Acquired: 11/06/2018

Source: WorldView-3

Damage assessment at La Reunion East, Guatemala

Copyright: Pleiades © CNES (2018) - Distribution: Airbus Defence and Space, all rights reserved
Map produced by GAF AG

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Acquired: 06/06/2018

Source: Pleiades

Damage assessment at Estado de los puentes

Copyright: WorldView-2 / 4 © DigitalGlobe Inc.
Map product by UNITAR / UNOSAT

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Acquired: WorldView-2: 05/02/2018
WorldView-4: 06/06/2018

Source: WorldView-2 / WorldView-4

Fuego volcanic activity situation, San Miguel Los Lotes

Copyright: Pleiades © CNES (2018) - Distribution: Airbus Defence and Space, all rights reserved
Map produced by Copernicus Emergency Management Service (2018 European Union)

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Acquired: Pleiades: 06/06/2018

Source: Pleiades

Fuego volcanic activity situation, La Reunion

Copyright: Pleiades © CNES (2018) - Distribution: Airbus Defence and Space, all rights reserved
Map produced by Copernicus Emergency Management Service (2018 European Union)

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Acquired: Pleiades: 06/06/2018

Source: Pleiades

Fuego Overview North: Delineation Map

Copyright: Sentinel-2 © Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018)
Pleiades © CNES (2018) - Distribution: Airbus Defence and Space, all rights reserved
Map produced by Copernicus Emergency Management Service (2018 European Union)

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Acquired: Sentinel-2: 15/01/2017
Pleiades: 09/06/2018

Source: Sentinel-2 / Pleiades

Fuego Overview South: Delineation Map

Copyright: Sentinel-2 © Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018)
Pleiades © CNES (2018) - Distribution: Airbus Defence and Space, all rights reserved
Map produced by Copernicus Emergency Management Service (2018 European Union)

Information about the Product

Acquired: Sentinel-2: 15/01/2017
Pleiades: 09/06/2018

Source: Sentinel-2 / Pleiades

Radar image of pyroclastic deposits

Copyright: © JAXA (2018)

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Acquired: 10/06/2018

Source: ALOS-2

Housing damage assessment, San Miguel Las Lotes

Copyright: WorldView-3 © DigitalGlobe Inc.
Image analysis by Bristol University (COMET)

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Acquired: 09/06/2018

Source: WorldView-3

Timeline of eruptive history

Copyright: Data analysis by Cornell University

View of Fuego volcano summit crater intact

Copyright: TanDEM-X © DLR e. V. 2018, Distribution: Airbus DS Geo GmbH
Image analysis by University of Leeds (COMET)

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Acquired: 06/06/2016

Source: TanDEM-X

Fuego Volcano backscatter comparison

Copyright: TanDEM-X © DLR e. V. 2018, Distribution: Airbus DS Geo GmbH
Image analysis by University of Leeds (COMET)

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Acquired: 23/05/2012 & 06/06/2016

Source: TanDEM-X

Fuego Volcano backscatter comparison

Copyright: TanDEM-X © DLR e. V. 2018, Distribution: Airbus DS Geo GmbH
Image analysis by University of Leeds (COMET)

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Acquired: 23/05/2012, 06/06/2016 & 07/06/2016

Source: TanDEM-X

Fuego Volcano InSAR interferogram across eruption

Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018)
Image analysis by University of Bristol (COMET)

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Acquired: 25/05/2018 - 06/06/2018

Source: Sentinel-1

Fuego Volcano pre-eruptive InSAR interferogram

Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018)
Image analysis by University of Bristol (COMET)

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Acquired: 21/05/2018 - 02/06/2018

Source: Sentinel-1

Fuego Volcano radar intensity image - Pre and post eruption radar amplitude correlation

Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018)
Image analysis by University of Bristol (COMET)

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Acquired: 25/05/2018 - 06/06/2018

Source: Sentinel-1

Fuego Volcano radar intensity image - pre-eruptive comparison

Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018)
Image analysis by University of Bristol (COMET)

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Acquired: 21/05/2017 & 02/06/2017

Source: Sentinel-1

Estimation of damaged buildings in San Miguel de Los Lotes and surrounding area

Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018)
Map produced by UNITAR / UNOSAT

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Acquired: 04/06/2018

Source: Sentinel-2

Fast linear So2 and Ash retrieval

Copyright: EUMETSAT
Image analysis by University of Oxford

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Acquired: 05/06/2018

Source: MetOp

Fast linear So2 and Ash retrieval

Copyright: EUMETSAT
Image analysis by University of Oxford

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Acquired: 06/06/2018

Source: MetOp

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