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Guatemala Ups Number of Missing to 332 in Volcano Eruption

by Associated Press

   GUATEMALA CITY --

   Authorities in Guatemala have raised by more than 130 the number of
   people officially missing from last month's deadly eruption of the
   Volcano of Fire.

   The country's disaster agency says in a statement that the new figure
   is 332, up from 197 previously.

   It said Wednesday that the revision followed a review of nearly 200,000
   records and verifying lists of people living in shelters.

   The Volcano of Fire is one of the region's most active, located to the
   southwest of Guatemala City.

   Authorities have confirmed at least 113 deaths from the June 3
   eruption, which sent superheated flows raging through small villages.
   Eighty-five of those bodies have been identified.