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The area around Mexico City is on alert after a nearby volcano showed increased activity, pumping out steam and shaking.
By Richard Fausset
May 13, 2013, 11:29 a.m.
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican officials are preparing evacuation routes and shelters for tens of thousands of people who live in the shadow of Popocatepetl, a giant volcano 40 miles southeast of Mexico City.
"Popo," as the volcano is known, has displayed a "notable increase in activity levels" in the last few days, including tremors and explosive eruptions, according to a statement from the federal government.
Webcams have shown large chunks of molten rock spewing from the crater, and ash has rained down on the nearby city of Puebla. On Sunday, Mexico's National Center for Disaster Prevention elevated its warning level to "Yellow Phase 3," the fifth stage of a seven-stage warning scale.
At the next stage, the government warns, "there is danger. You and your family should be ready for evacuation."
The 17,887-foot Popocatepetl, which means "smoking mountain" in the Aztec language Nahuatl, dominates much of the landscape in central Mexico, along with its nearby "twin" volcano, the dormant Iztaccihuatl.
There have been moderate outbursts from Popo in recent years, forcing the government to evacuate as many as 75,000 people at a time.
Publicado el miércoles, 05.08.13
Exhalación de volcán activo de México tapiza de cenizas comunidades aledañas
AFP
SAN PEDRO BENITEZ - -- El volcán Popocatépetl, ubicado en el estado de Puebla, a unos 55 km de la capital mexicana, lanzó la noche del martes una gran fumarola con fragmentos incandescentes y gran cantidad de ceniza que tapizó a las comunidades aledañas, constató la AFP.
La exhalación del volcán activo alcanzó unos 3.200 metros de altura, una actividad considera normal que no pone en riesgo a las poblaciones cercanas, dijo a la prensa Jesús Morales, director de Protección Civil de Puebla.
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Originally posted by wiser3
reply to post by wujotvowujotvowujotvo
I agree, I don't see how the thread can be regarded as a hoax just because the video is old, it is still the same volcano and it IS ERUPTING! I saw reports on this on SkyNews last week, they were reporting "Rocks as big as sittingrooms being ejected" How is this a hoax? There was no attempt at editing the video to obscure the date, it is a video that is relative to what is happening now!