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Lost World: The Aftermath of Guatemala’s Volcanic Disaster

August 29, 2018 by Gina Borg

I walked at “ground zero” of Volcán de Fuego’s eruption just 17 days after the disaster. The town I stood in used to be San Miguel Los Lotes, but it was hard to believe people had lived there less than three weeks prior.

Filed Under: Disaster Relief, field report, Guatemala

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