Overview

• The volcano has produced multiple explosions and ejected incandescent material up to 150 metres above the crater, sending lava flows into the Seca and Ceniza ravines
• INSIVUMEH reports that the heightened activity, which began on June 4, is expected to continue for up to 40 hours
• CONRED has evacuated 594 residents from five communities in Chimaltenango, Escuintla and Sacatepequez to emergency shelters
• Authorities have suspended classes at 39 schools and closed the main road linking southern Guatemala to the colonial city of Antigua
• Ashfall has been reported in Panimache I and II, Morelia, Santa Sofia, El Porvenir and other villages west of the volcano