Overview
- The eruption began Monday morning and intensified through the day, with INSIVUMEH reporting 200–300 metre lava fountains and warning the event had moved into a more explosive, critical phase.
- Conred posted an institutional orange (second-highest) alert nationwide and ordered preventive evacuations of nearby communities, including El Porvenir and Las Lajitas, as sheltering operations expanded.
- Authorities and volcanologists warned of ash plumes reaching about 6,000–7,000 metres and of pyroclastic density currents racing down ravines such as Seca and Ceniza, which pose the most immediate local threat.
- Precautionary measures include suspended in-person classes, closure of National Route 14 and other roads near Antigua, aviation advisories for ash-affected airspace, and continued 24–72 hour monitoring by emergency agencies.
- Officials say impact and evacuation counts vary as assessments are updated, thousands have reported ash effects and people are in shelters, and the 2018 deadly eruption remains a key reason authorities are urging rapid voluntary moves to safety.