A drone flew over the Fuego volcano’s hellish aftermath in Guatemala. Here’s what it saw.

There’s no question that Guatemala’s Volcán de Fuego is a deadly mountain. Beginning June 3, the volcano sent chaotic avalanches of rock and gas down its sides, and as of June 13 the eruptions had taken 110 lives, with some 200 people still missing. 

Since those initial scorching avalanches — known as pyroclastic flows — local resident Jozef Stano used a drone, which can be operated from more than 4 miles away, to circle the still ominously steaming volcano.

The footage is from June 10, a day that provided Stano a good opportunity to view the eruption’s aftermath.  Read more…

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