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Officials prepare evacuation routes as Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano rumbles

Backdropped by Popocatepetl Volcano a farmer plows the land in the state of Puebla (AFP)

Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano has blown steam for days, prompting authorities to prepare for possible evacuations, but residents are used to their towering neighbor’s rumblings and keep going to work without fear. Popocatepetl, which means “smoking mountain” in the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs, spewed more steam, gas and ash that…

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Mexico volcano spouts large column of ash and steam

Popocatepetl Volcano via AFP

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano, outside the Mexican capital, spouted a large column of ash and steam Wednesday but officials did not raise alert levels or start evacuations. “We had an increase in activity … we saw the emission of a large column of water vapor with significant amounts…

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