The 3 most important natural disasters occurred in Guatemala

Hurricane Mitch
Is the most powerful hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (285 km/h). The storm was the thirteenth tropical storm, ninth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the season. At the time, Hurricane Mitch was the strongest Atlantic hurricane observed in the month of October, though it has since been surpassed by Hurricane Wilma of the 2005 season. The hurricane matched the fourth most intense Atlantic hurricane on record (it has since dropped to seventh).998
For its slow motion from October 29 to November 3, Hurricane Mitch dropped historic amounts of rainfall in Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, with unofficial reports of up to 75 inches (1900 mm).



Volcan Pacaya
On Thursday May 27th 2010 (05-27-2010) the Pacaya volcano started erupting lava and rocks on Thursday afternoon, blanketing Guatemala City with ash (It was raining sand when it actually was ashes) and forcing the closure of the international airport. President Alvaro Colom declared a "state of calamity." The Pacaya volcano left about 8 Centimeters of ash through all of Guatemala City. Cleaning works are in progress.




Rains Brought By Tropical Storm Agatha In Guatemala 29/5/2010
Guatemala President Alvaro Colom said that 22,747 Guatemalans are at risk and 90 800 were affected by rains, 155 185 were evacuated to 171 shelters enabled in different parts of the country.
The authorities are working on repairing the country’s road system was severely damaged by the dozens of landslides and overflowing rivers. This situation prevented the Civil Protection promptly attend to the most affected communities, many of whom do not have drinking water and food.