Thousands Evacuated

We are continuing to work tirelessly to help ensure the populations impacted by Fuego’s eruption get help and support to move on from the disaster. Throughout July, we countless meetings with organizations, government institutions and NGOs to share data and analyze new needs that have arisen to be able to give solutions The following information is the most up-to-date information from Guatemala’s emergency services regarding numbers of people evacuated from their homes.

Department Municipality # Towns # People Chimaltenango Yepocapa 21 6,359 36 19,611 Siquinalá Siquinalá 26 18,744 Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa 10 17,652 Escuintla 28 8,180 29 4,662 Sacatepéquez Alotenango 14 21,500 Ciudad Vieja 2 262