It is one of 11 active volcanoes in the Central America country that is along the so-called Ring of Fire
Rescuers on Monday pulled at least 10 people alive from ash drifts and mud flows that poured down the slopes of Guatemala's erupting Volcano of Fire.
Hundreds are feared dead after a fiery volcanic eruption sent lava flowing into rural communities.
It's a double whammy:the US has the bulk of extreme weather events and poor Americans are the ones paying their price.
Officials warn warn that sharp,thin strands of volcanic glass fibres carried on the wind could injure eyes and lungs.
The victim,who was over 30,had his thorax crushed. Archaeologists have not found the victim's head.
A broad lava flow cascaded towards a Hawaii geothermal power station on Saturday,posing a new hazard
Volcanos produce methane when hot lava buries and burns plants and trees. The gas flows through the ground and up through existing cracks.
After doctors saved his leg that was hit by a projectile of molten rock,Darryl Clinton said witnessing the lava up close,had been"the event of a lifetime".
White plumes of acid and fine shards of glass billowed into the sky over Hawaii,creating another hazard from the Kilauea volcano eruption:a toxic steam cloud.
Lava spatters can weigh as much as a refrigerator and even small pieces of spatter can kill,an official said.