There are over 75 people dead, 200 still missing and 3,319 in shelters, many of them with dead or missing loved ones, unable to return to homes and land destroyed by Guatemala’s most active volcano. Firefighters said the chance of finding anyone alive was now practically non-existent. The thick grey ash covering the region has been hardened by rainfall, making it even more difficult to dig through the piles of rocks and debris. Pray for the exhausted rescue workers still searching for survivors. Pray for those who have lost loved ones. Pray for the rural communities who have lost everything - land, livestock and livelihood - in a once-fertile collection of canyons, hillsides and farms now reduced to a moonscape of ash and debris. ‘In a matter of three or four minutes the village disappeared as a sea of muck came crashing into homes, inundating people, pets and wildlife’, said one survivor.
Guatemala: volcano casualties
Written by David Fletcher 07 Jun 2018Additional Info
- Pray: for God’s help to the traumatised and the bereaved, facing an uncertain future. (Jeremiah 29:11)
- More: www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/06/guatemala-volcano-latest-los-lotes-200-missing
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