Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Explosions, two-kilometer ash plumes at El Popo volcano

The restless Popocatépetl volcano had a very active 24 hours starting yesterday morning, with several explosions and ash plumes that rose as high as two kilometers above the mountain.

The National Disaster Prevention Center (Cenapred) said this morning it had identified 20 gas and water vapor exhalations at El Popo, with the first three recorded yesterday at 9:56am. The most recent was recorded this morning at 7:04.

Wind sent the ash in a north-northeast direction away from the crater.

There were also two recorded episodes of harmonic tremors — a sustained release of seismic and infrasonic energy typically associated with the underground movement of magma — lasting five and 10 hours respectively.

There was a slight ash fall in the Tlaxcala towns of Tlaxco, Xalostoc, Nativitas, Hueyotlipan, Amaxac de Guerrero, Tepetitlá de Lardizábal and Texoloc.

Cenapred said the activity was expected to continue, as will the wind direction.

The agency advises the public to stay away from the volcano, especially from its crater, due to the release of water vapor and gas plumes and a light fall of ash in nearby areas, along with incandescent fragments.

The alert level also warns of the possibility of eruptions causing pyroclastic flows and mudslides carrying debris, although at such a small scale that evacuation of neighboring inhabited areas is not required.

A security perimeter is in place in a 12-kilometer radius of the crater, and traffic is controlled at Paso de Cortés between the towns of Santiago Xalitzintla and San Pedro Nexapa.

In case of rain, people should avoid deep ravines due to the slide hazard.

Source: El Financiero (sp)

Have something to say? Paid Subscribers get all access to make & read comments.
Store workers standing for their entire shift

With new Chair Law, Mexico says workers have right to sit down on the job

0
Employers in the service and retail industries are most directly impacted by the Chair Law, whose objective is to prevent employees from having to remain standing for the entirety of their shifts. 
Sheinbaum is one of several leaders who missed out on the opportunity to have a bilateral meeting with Trump at the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta.

Sheinbaum says Trump meeting is postponed, not canceled after G7 exit

0
President Sheinbaum was scheduled to meet in person with U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time at the G7, but Trump parted early, citing urgent matters with Israel and Iran.
Tropical Storm Erick was located almost 700 km off the coast of Guerrero on Tuesday morning and is expected to become a hurricane by tonight or early Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Erick forecast to make landfall in Oaxaca, Guerrero as powerful hurricane

0
The government issued a Hurricane Warning from Punta Maldonado in the state of Guerrero extending 300 kilometers south to the Oaxaca coastal town of Puerto Angel to Punta Maldonado.