El Salvador’s largest volcano, dormant for more than a century, shook the ground as it woke up on Saturday, hurling out hot lava rocks and forcing more than 2Â 000 people to flee. Military emergency sirens blasted, calling for an immediate area evacuation of the hamlets in the coffee-growing area.
Hurricane Adrian was downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall on Friday in El Salvador, quickly losing wind speed but still packing torrential rains and flash-flood danger, as thousands of evacuees await news they can go home. Hurricane wind speeds at one point reached 140kph when Adrian was over the Pacific Ocean.