Mexican volcano shoots ash, smoke into sky
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Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano unleashed another wave of powerful exhalations and explosions in the early hours of Thursday (May 23), officials reported.
Hundreds of individual exhalations reaching up to 2.5 km (1.5 miles) of smoke and ash spewed out of Popocatepetl in the latest escalation in activity. An explosion at 02:54 local time (06:54GMT) also sent fragments out over 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles), Mexico's National Centre for Disaster Prevention reported.
In the shadow of the stirring volcano, residents of Santiago Xalizintla went about their daily lives as town officials reviewed emergency routes for possible evacuation.
The alert level for Popocatepetl remains at yellow phase three, the third-highest warning on the centre's seven-step scale, and locals have been advised to stay put until further instructions from authorities.
With up to 50,000 residents across 24 towns at risk from volcanic gases and lava flow, autho
Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano unleashed another wave of powerful exhalations and explosions in the early hours of Thursday (May 23), officials reported.
Hundreds of individual exhalations reaching up to 2.5 km (1.5 miles) of smoke and ash spewed out of Popocatepetl in the latest escalation in activity. An explosion at 02:54 local time (06:54GMT) also sent fragments out over 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles), Mexico's National Centre for Disaster Prevention reported.
In the shadow of the stirring volcano, residents of Santiago Xalizintla went about their daily lives as town officials reviewed emergency routes for possible evacuation.
The alert level for Popocatepetl remains at yellow phase three, the third-highest warning on the centre's seven-step scale, and locals have been advised to stay put until further instructions from authorities.
With up to 50,000 residents across 24 towns at risk from volcanic gases and lava flow, autho