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Hurricane
The area most affected were Guatemala and El Salvador , counties that produced the highest numbers of deads , and were dozens of communities and villages have been completely isolated.
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In Guatemala where the 75% of the territory was affected, one of the main cities was damaged Santiago Atitlan, a popular tourist destination where a major landslide cause dozens of victims.
Throughout the affected countries, the storm left roughly $3.9 billion in damage.
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Ash Raining
On May 27, 2010, at 19.10 hours, the volcano erupted, the ash column reached up to 1500 meters high and hit the city of Guatemala , La Aurora international airport. CONRED declared a red alert for the communities near the volcano, and recommended the evacuation of some of them. The eruption caused two deads , including the reporter Anibal Archila who was the first on covered the the event .
Presiden Alvaro Colom declared state of public calamity.
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Ágatha Storm.
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The excessive rain caused by Ágatha worsened the situation and fired numerous lahars. Several landslives bloacked roads in the country, blocking traffic. The authorities declared state of emergency duering the afternoon of the 29th, as the conditions seemed to worsen. Many rivers of the country were flooded and overflowed . CONRED officially comunicate the dead of 156 people , 100 missing , 87 injured and 135,773 affected.
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Earthquake 1976
The 1976 Guatemala earthquake, struck on February a, 1976 at 3 am, it was 7.5 Mw earthquake.Cities througout the countrie sufer damage, this has contributed to the high death toll of 23000. aproximately 76000 injured, and may thousands left homeless.
The main shock followed , by thousands of aftershocks.
Conclusion
With this events occurring can say its all thanks to misuse gives man to the earth
and will continue to occure, causing disasters, leaving pain and loss in people, until we do somenthin to change this will continue.
Moreover some of this events are part of nature, but it helps that people be supportive, we have the opportunity to help and bring smiles, where none existed before.
Bibliography
http://www.prensalibre.com.gt/