Mexico raises alert for Popocatepetl volcano
Apr 17, 2012 - 05:51
Mexico raises alert for Popocatepetl volcano
The Popocatepetl volcano spews a cloud of ash and steam high into the air as seen from Puebla (reuters_tickers)
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities raised the alert level for the Popocatepetl volcano near to Mexico City on Monday after it started spewing red-hot fragments of rock.
The lava dome of Popocatepetl, some 50 miles (80 km) to the southeast of the capital, started to expand on Friday, Mexico's National Center for Disaster Prevention said.
This change in activity in the 5,450 meter (17,900 foot) volcano could provoke big explosions capable of sending incandescent fragments out over considerable distances, as well as ash showers, the centre said in a statement.
The centre raised the alert level to yellow phase three from yellow phase two, indicating possible magma expulsion and explosions of increasing intensity. It is the third-highest warning on the centre's seven-step scale.
Emergency services should ready evacuation teams and shelters, limit access to the area around the volcano and alert air-traffic control systems, the centre said in its statement.
Experts have noted increased activity in Popocateptl in 2012. It has spewed smoke and ash sporadically over the last few years and a major eruption in 2000 forced the evacuation of nearly 50,000 residents in three states surrounding the peak.
(Reporting by Elinor Comlay and Armando Tovar; Editor by David Brunnstrom)
Reuters
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Comment by Maria De Wind on January 23, 2014 at 3:25pm
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Lol. TY ! : )
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I Hope it will hold as I have to attend a meeting real close to it soon
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your analysis of it is pretty cool
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Fair Enough
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explain this
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Comment by 14300 on January 13, 2014 at 2:11pm
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Good find Maria. This only confirms there is massive volcanic activity in "the Ring of Fire" area and of course the media are silent on this very important environmental danger for millions of us.
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Comment by Central Scrutinizer on January 7, 2014 at 12:23pm
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dog's frozen @ the moment ;)
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Comment by Klaudio Vinkerlić on January 7, 2014 at 12:15pm
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Birds can sensor earthquakes and eruption. If you have a dog watch his reactions and react with him. If no more birds in the sky, that's it...booom.
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