Reporter's note: Life under a volcano (4)

Lush plants and trees nourished by the volcanic soil

Antigua is right under Volcano Fuego, which is recently had its largest eruption in 40 years, leaving 63 dead, hundreds injured and tens of thousands homeless. According to a survivor, two villages on the mountain side were engulfed by the fallen ash. People died in their homes and on their way to escape.

Before the disaster, there were dozens of villages built on the middle of the huge volcanic cone. Villagers there were living in paradise with a pleasant environment, agreeable climate and fertilized land attributed to the rich volcano soil. Crops included a wide variety of fruit, vegetables and cash crops such as coffee beans, sugarcane and corn grow on the land.