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Mexico's "Smoking Mountain" Spews Puffs of Gas
2005-12-31 10:12:59    CRIENGLISH.com
Mexico's giant Popocatepetl volcano spewed out on Friday a column of gas, ashes and vapor of 500 meters into the air, the local media reported.

The 5,452-meter volcano released a puff five days after a three-minute eruption produced a three-km-high column, without affecting the surrounding areas.

Popocatepetl, whose name means "smoking mountain" in the Nahuatl Indian language, is 64 km east of Mexico City, and usually eleases puffs of gas in December after it became active again on Dec. 21, 1994, following seven decades of inactivity.

According to the reports, the authorities decided, after Friday's eruption, to keep a "yellow phase-1 alert" that prevents the public from entering an area 12 km from the crater.

About 18 million people live near Popocatepetl, which is also known as "Don Goyo" by local inhabitants.

(Source: Xinhua)
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