Feb 04 11:00 (17:00 GMT)
In the last 24 hours the monitoring system detected 9 low intensity exhalations accompanied by steam and gas emissions. The most important ones occurred yesterday at 19:36 h (local time) (see image 1) and at 21:12 h (local time) (see image 2), and were accompanied by small amounts of ash. The other monitored parameters remain without important changes.
At the moment of this report we can observe the volcano with a constant plume of steam and gas, rising 200 to 400 m above the crater rim (see image 3).
The traffic light of volcanic alert remains in YELLOW Phase 2.
From high to low probability the expected activity scenarios in the next hours, days or weeks are: moderate exhalations, some with ash emissions; ocassionally mild incandescence during nights and sporadic low level explosions with low probabilities of incandescent fragments at short distances from the crater.
CENAPRED places particular emphasis in the following recommendations:
1. Access is restricted in a radius of 12 km from the crater. For this reason the permanence in this area is not allowed.
2. The road between Santiago Xalitzintla (Puebla) and San Pedro Nexapa (Mexico State), including Paso de Cortes, is open only to controlled traffic.
3. To the authorities of Civil Protection, to maintain preventive procedures, according to operative plans.
4. To the population, to be aware of the official information emmited.
Popocatepetl Volcano is monitored continuously. Any change in the activity will be reported in time.
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