Transcript for Death toll on the rise in Guatemala as volcanic eruptions continue

Jon Karl, Yo The other major Devin headline at this hour, the new warning tonight. Thecano emergency in Guatemala getting worse. Volcanic debris coming down yet again at this the death toll rising today. And we have images tonight, showing wall of ash eruptg from underground. Peopn theoad scrambling for their lives. Tonight, morhat warning just issued. And ABC's Victor Oquendo is on the ground us again tonight. Reporter: Tonight, guatema's volcano of fire is erupting yet again, causing Mae evaluations. Rescue crews, sent in to find survivor having to flee to save their own lives. This was the moment the vol violener ago, devastating nearbyns fire shoot into the sky, while floods of molten la tear down the mountainde. The thick plume of ash and rock toweriverby resort. And tonight, the death toll is on the ris at least 70 confirmed deaths, with many more expected. This, as tragic stories like Lilian Hernandez's, start emerge. Hernandez says 36 membef her Faly are gone, an unimaginable loss. Towner town preserved at the moment of destruction, as crews break through tin roofs looking for signs of life. Cars andomes, caked in thick coat M meanwhile, just outside el rodehe heart-wrenching wait for test family, like Norma, W can't find her two ns, her father or her mother.some 1,800 people staying in shelters like this one. Eric oiz and his family now staying here because too er return ho. David, many of thears behind me are filledh people evacuating.first responders were searching fo St the time of that new erupti they, too, had to evacte. To prevent further . David? Victor Oquendo again tonight.thank you, Victor.

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