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Rescue Operations Underway In Guatemala After Deadly Volcano Eruption

05:24

June 05, 2018

Rescuers search for victims in San Miguel Los Lotes, a village in Escuintla Department, about 35 kilometers southwest of Guatemala City, on June 4, 2018, a day after the eruption of the Fuego volcano. (Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Images)

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Rescue operations are still underway in Guatemala, after the eruption of the Fuego volcano over the weekend. Thousands have been forced to evacuate.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with Rüdiger Escobar Wolf (@rudigerescobar), a volcanologist at Michigan Technological University.

This segment aired on June 5, 2018.

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'Everything Is A Disaster': Guatemala's Fuego Volcano Erupts, Killing At Least 69

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