Volcanic Ash everywhere

While we were celebrating on roof top yesterday night, our eyes started itching and soon the floor, sofas, tables… everything was covered in volcanic ash. Volcano Popocatepetl erupted with tremendous amount of ash.This was quite a unique incident for all of us.

Photo taken at the dawn (Not by CSC team)

Photo by Volker on the hotel roof top

I realized seeing pics in the morning that the eruption was actually very huge. Here is the news coverage translated in English and the pic taken at the dawn yesterday

Popocatépetl volcanic alert remains yellow Phase II

May 8, 2013 - 9:53

The National Center for Disaster Prevention (Cenapred) reported that after eruptive episode recorded yesterday in the Popocatepetl volcano, volcanic alert remains at Phase II yellow, although it is likely they present moderate exhalations, some with emissions ash.

In its latest report, the agency of the Ministry of the Interior (Interior Ministry) also reported sporadic explosions could present low level has moderate probability of emission of incandescent fragments short distance and faint crater glow at the crater of the volcano observable overnight.

Around eruptive episode that began at 19:28 am on Tuesday, said that stayed with equal intensity until 1:58 on Wednesday and then diminished to 03:30, when the volcano returned to its levels previous activity.

The Cenapred explained that this episode had a total duration of eight hours and that there have been reports of ashfall Tianguismanalco San Juan, San Pedro Benito Juarez, Atlixco Puebla , plus it is probably also submitted in most populations in the southeast sector of the volcano.

He called on the authorities to continue the safety radius of 12 kilometers to avoid the presence of people in place and maintain controlled traffic between Santiago and San Pedro Nexapa Xalitzintla via Paso de Cortés.

A Civil Protection authorities, called for maintaining the preventive procedures, according to their operational plans, and people, being attentive to official information that is disseminated.

He recalled that Popocatepetl volcano monitoring is performed continuously 24 hours and that any changes in the activity will be reported in a timely manner.

Reference Link: http://eleconomista.com.mx/sociedad/2013/05/08/popocatepetl-mantiene-alerta-volcanica-amarillo-fase-ii