Hurricane Agatha - by Daniela Gutierrez. by Daniela Gutierrez Solorzano https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw The day that changed the lives of over a hundred thousand people. en-us 2018-01-25 13:33:07 UTC 2025-10-18 14:33:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png The day it struck danigutso11 https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225419745 On Saturday may 29th, 2010, Hurricane agatha hit the pacific coastline of guatemala at night. This was the beginning of a great change in people's lives in Ciudad vieja (the former capital of guatemala) , a town in the southwest of guatemala. 
picture from ids.org (Pablo's practice)
]]> 2018-01-28 18:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225419745 danigutso11 https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225420355 The first day agatha struck, by 7am it had killed 8 people, 16 people went missing, and it made damage in twelve departments (departments are like cantons in Switzerland). The departments that were affected the most throughout the course of the hurricane where Guatemala, Escuintla, Retalhuleu, San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, Totonicapán, Sololá, Chimaltenango and Suchitepéquez. As stated in the Prensa libre the most well known newspaper in guatemala. By 11pm the Coordinadora nacional para la reducción de desastres  (CONRED) (national coordinator for the reduction of disasters) , had taken action and started gathering volunteer to dig in  the affected areas to find survivors. 
Picture from the wall street journal. 
]]> 2018-01-28 19:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225420355 Origin of the Hurricane danigutso11 https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225420930 The hurricane originated in the pacific ocean it started 260 km southeast of Tapachula, Mexico. “The maximum winds where of 55km/ph gusts of 75 km/ph the minimum central pressure of 1005 hPA and displacement to the northeast at 7 km/ph”, As said on the report written by the Mexican federal government.  
picture from the weather underground 
]]> 2018-01-28 19:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225420930 Around Central America danigutso11 https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225421635 The other countries affected where costa rica, honduras, el salvador, Nicaragua and Panama. Panama, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica only got heavy rains for a few days just like most of central america. Around 216,000 people were affected and around 101,000 people were moved to shelters, the majority of these in guatemala. Around 200 people died and 59 people went missing. 3 countries were helped by their national emergency services, The COPECO in Honduras, IOM in El Salvador, and the CORED in Guatemala. In these three countries was were people's lives where the most endangered, in honduras 20 died, 9 died in el salvador. ,As mentioned on the article written by the relief web. 
picture taken from central history et cetera 
]]> 2018-01-28 19:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225421635 Meanwhile at The Capital... danigutso11 https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225423037 The capital wasn't affected as harshly, it was hit by strong rain for a couple of days, causing a few flood, though not as big as the wants in Antigua or ciudad vieja. The only major thing that happened in the capital was a 200 ft deep sinkhole, was formed in a cross section, it swallowed a hole 3 storey building. Shortly after, more than 94,000 people were evacuated from the capital, because of the rain that occurred soon after the sink hole was formed as said on the daily mail report written on the 2nd of june, 2010. 
picture taken from the christian science monitor. 
]]> 2018-01-28 19:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225423037 Eruption of the Pacaya Volcano danigutso11 https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225424134
It took a long time for the water from all the flood to get drained as all the drains had previously been covered by the ashes of the eruption of the Volcán Pacaya. A few days before. 
Picture taken from The Observers, a day before Hurricane agatha, in San Antonio Palopo. 
]]> 2018-01-28 19:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225424134 Just two days before danigutso11 https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225425119 Just two day before the hurricane, The pacaya volcano located in the south of guatemala erupted, and cover the capital in 4 inches of ashes. Little did they know this would soon turn in to the least of their concerns, when their lives where put at great risk the next day. 

Flights where cancelled as the runaways where covered in ashes, planes couldn't land or take off, and they where all covered in ashes. 

The planes in the air at the time of the eruption had to be landed by emergency. 

picture taken from mail online. 
]]> 2018-01-28 19:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225425119 Length of the hurricane danigutso11 https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225425919 The hurricane itself didn't last very long inside guatemala, as hurricanes move quickly and normally hit plenty of countries. The hurricane lasted around two and a half days, though what slowed down the county was the damage left behind. The CONRED gathered $1.1 billion dollars / 8.7 billion quetzales (guatemala currency) to help rebuild most of the building and houses damaged, most of the money was donated by the people who were not affected. 

]]> 2018-01-28 19:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225425919 When I was 7 years old... danigutso11 https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225427096 When i was 7, hurricane agatha hit Guatemala. I was very little so at the time i didn't understand what had happened, it had been raining a lot for a couple of days, but i didn't think much of it. Little did I know people from all over town where suffering, while i was at home, happy because school had been canceled. My mom took me and my sister to to the store, where they picked out a lot of food, the shelfs where almost empty, but i didn't know why. She let me pick out a lot games so i had had something to do over what i thought were extra holidays. My sister's best friend had been staying at our house for a couple of days before this had all started. Her parents called her and told her to ask my parents if she could stay for longer, her house was flooded and they couldn't leave. 


]]> 2018-01-28 19:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225427096 The Danger Around Us danigutso11 https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225427805 I myself along with my family were not affected by this at all, the storm had been going on outside for days, and us not knowing the damage it had made, we had electricity, water, food the only thing that didn't work was the tv. One day my mom decided to turn on the radio and we hear people screaming for help. That's when she knew something big was going on outside, but i was in the room so she quickly shut it off because she didn't want to scare me. We were not in danger at all, because we lived right next to the nestle factory (inside the nestle property) in ciudad vieja. We were completely fine, we had power from the nestle power plant and water from the nestle water bank. No floods had gotten to us because the factory was a little higher than everything else and prepared in case something like this would ever happen, so we thought it was all fine. 
picture taken from google maps of the nestle territory. 
]]> 2018-01-28 20:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225427805 Right Under our Noses danigutso11 https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225428268 Outside, the hurricane was taking people lives and home, and drastically changing others. People were in need of water, food, help, and grieving over the dead. Thinking back on this i almost feel selfish, that we were kept safe by the guards and the nestle facilities and here were not in danger and in the comfort of our home while almost a thousand people were suffering, right under our noses. I say almost, because there's not much i could have done, i was only seven and i was fortunate enough to be kept safe by the people and facilities around. 

]]> 2018-01-28 20:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225428268 Donations danigutso11 https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225429139 After the hurricane my parents donated money to those who were affected. My brother, My sister and I all donated as many clothes as we could. Because we knew that we were fortunate enough to be able to get more later while these people were suffering and in need. My sister best friend was stayed with us for much longer as they too, had to rebuild their house. 

]]> 2018-01-28 20:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225429139 Having to move schools.... danigutso11 https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225429164 At the time this had happened, i was in a school in the outskirts of ciudad vieja called colegio Boston” . Since the school was very close to ciudad vieja, unfortunately it was also flooded and and shut down for over a moth as it had to be reconstructed. My sister and I where one of the few that left because of this. Many kids were left without going to school for around two months while the school was rebuilt. 
picture of El colegio Boston taken from google maps.
]]> 2018-01-28 20:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225429164 Sources used danigutso11 https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225429503
  • The guardian
  • El pais 
  • Daily mail 
  • Gobierno Federal de México
  • CS Monitor
  • Weather underground
  • relief web 
    • ]]>     2018-01-28 20:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/225429503     For the furture danigutso11 https://padlet.com/danigutso11/g6n0w7il9vvw/wish/226013531 To prepare for future hurricanes the people have been recommended to  prepare emergency kits and the city has installed alarms to warn people if anything like this ever happened again. 

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