New Eruption at Mexico’s Volcano of Fire
A small eruption Tuesday of the Volcano of Fire in western Mexico scattered ash onto adjacent towns, the Jalisco state civil defense agency said.
No injuries were reported.
Clouds obscured the plume of gas and ash triggered by the eruption at 5:07 a.m. (6:07 a.m. EDT). The towns affected were to the west and southwest of the volcano, the agency said.
The 12,533-foot volcano on the border of Jalisco and Colima states — 420 miles west of Mexico City — is among the country’s most active and most dangerous.
It has erupted repeatedly in recent years. On Sept. 16, it sent ash and gas three miles into the air.
Officials had warned Monday that an eruption this week was likely.
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Volcano Sends Plume of Ash Into Air Outside Mexico City
Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano sent a gritty cloud billowing into the sky outside Mexico City early Thursday.
Officials warned nearby residents to protect themselves against the rain of ash the eruption will likely cause, and some was reported to have fallen on the town of Amecameca, in Mexico state.
The eruption sent a plume of ash almost 5 kilometers (3 miles) into the air, and was accompanied by about 30 minutes of light seismic activity, Mexico's National Disaster Prevention Center reported.
The 17,886-foot (5,450-meter) volcano has been intermittently erupting since December 1994.
In July, the
Popocatepetl volcano sends plume of ash into air outside Mexico City
The Popocatepetl Volcano sent a gritty cloud billowing into the sky outside Mexico City early Thursday.
Officials warned nearby residents to protect themselves against the rain of ash the eruption will likely cause.
The 5,450-metre volcano, which has been erupting intermittently since 1994, posed no other immediate danger, they said.
In July, the volcano sent a column of hot ash 2.4 kilometres into the air and spat out red-hot rocks. But it didn't threaten residents living at the volcano's base.
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Mexico Volcano Spews Ash Stream
Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano spewed out a large stream of ash and rocks in a three-minute exhalation.
"The recent activity is within the expected scenarios, and there is no evidence of a major risk in the following days," says the disaster prevention center CONAPRED.
"No reports of ash fall have been received."
Popocatepetl, which on clear days can be seen from Mexico City, 40 miles (64 km) away and home to some 18 million people, reawakened in 1994 after decades of inactivity, according to CNN reports.
It has sparked to life several times since then, most notably
Mexico Volcano Spews Ash Stream
Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano spewed out a large stream of ash and rocks in a three-minute exhalation.
"The recent activity is within the expected scenarios, and there is no evidence of a major risk in the following days," says the disaster prevention center CONAPRED.
"No reports of ash fall have been received."
Popocatepetl, which on clear days can be seen from Mexico City, 40 miles (64 km) away and home to some 18 million people, reawakened in 1994 after decades of inactivity, according to CNN reports.
It has sparked to life several times since then, most
Muslim envoys in Mexico call for immediate cease-fire in Lebanon
Ambassadors of Islamic countries in Mexico on Friday issued a statement, calling for the establishment of an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon and an end to Israeli attacks.
They called on the Mexican government to join the international movement for establishment of a cease-fire in the occupied territories of Palestine and Lebanon.
The envoys of the Muslim states which are members of the Organization of Islamic Conference also invited all parties involved to sit at the negotiating table as the only alternative to solve Middle East issue.
We condemn every kind of
Forest fire damages Yucatan ruins in Mexico
Forest fire in Mexico has charred 5,800 hectares in the state of Yucatan on Mexicos Caribbean coast, damaging the ancient cities of Chichen Itza and Oxtankah, the countrys National History and Anthropology Institute (INAH) said on Sunday.
The INAH chief, Federica Sodi Miranda, said that the agency had already begun work to establish the fires impact on the ancient buildings. She said that in Chichen Itza, which is 180 km west of tourist resort Cancun, fires had damaged a fourth century building which had not been completely excavated, where INAH anthropologists and archeologists had
S. California crews rush to fight Mexico fire
A day after Southern California crews made progress against two wildfires and helped Mexico battle a blaze, a new fire was burning in remote terrain a few miles north of the border and the forecast called for more hot, dry weather on Friday.
The National Weather Service forecast for Friday called for more temperatures in the 90s, with low humidity and light winds.
In San Diego County, a 4,000-acre fire burning in a rugged area along the U.S.-Mexican border was 30 percent contained Thursday night. Winds had died down and were forecast to be light
Blast Destroys Mexico Fireworks Market
Fire, Explosions Destroy Mexico's Top Fireworks Market Just Before Independence Day
A fire engulfed Mexico's most famous fireworks market Thursday, setting off a chain of explosions in a town northeast of the nation's capital that destroyed hundreds of open-air stands just ahead of Independence Day celebrations.
There were no reports of deaths and only three serious injuries reported by late afternoon, Mexico State Civil Defense Director Roberto Vazquez told The Associated Press.
He said hundreds were treated for cuts and bruises or shock after the explosions at the marketplace in Tultepec, a few miles from Mexico City.
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Area firefighters save homes in Mexico
North County fire crews returned triumphantly Friday after saving a poor neighborhood in the Mexican town of Tecate from the flames of a raging fire at the U.S. border.
But they didn't do it alone Thursday.
Mexican bomberos (firefighters) and Tecate residents young and old pitched in with hoses and shovels to help save their often flimsy homes. Overhead, air tankers and helicopters from the United States provided critical water and fire retardant drops.
Still, it was the firefighters from Escondido to Oceanside, Fallbrook to Rancho Santa Fe who earned and got much of the glory. A
Flooding kills more than 160 in southern Mexico, Central America
Rescue workers were searching for victims of a mudslide near a volcano-ringed lake popular with tourists in Guatemala, as the death toll from flooding sparked by heavy rains climbed to 79 across this country and 62 in neighboring El Salvador.
Downpours have battered much of Central America and southern Mexico since the weekend, and it was still raining in most areas, causing rivers to overflow and carry off homes and people and huge chunks of land to give way, burying everything in their path.
Forecasters at the U.S. Hurricane Center said
