Popocatépetl has registered in the early hours of Saturday and part of Sunday volcanic activity where it has thrown several ashes into its surroundings, for which the security authorities suspended some activities to avoid risks among the inhabitants.
At 7:00 am on Saturday, the AICM closed its operationsbut two hours later its system resumed where they cleaned the tracks after finding ashes on the ground of the Popocatépetl volcano, after the volcanic activity that it registered, but now there is another alert for which the authorities warn the residents.
CENAPRED through a statement reported on the volcanic activity that Popocatépetl was having in the last hours, for which they invited the inhabitants not to approach the volcano and avoid outdoor activities in order to take care of health and damage that can be presented.
“After reviewing the provisions of the Volcanic Alert Traffic Light, in its different phases, the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Popocatépetl volcano came to the conclusion of making the corresponding recommendation to change the level from Yellow Phase 2 to Yellow Phase 3”, reads in the notice.
In addition, the government of Mexico commented that CENAPRED, reported on the light falls of ash from Popocatépetl in the Venustiano Carranza, Gustavo mayor’s offices. To Madero, Azcapotzalco, Tlalpan and Iztapalapawhile the AICM and AIFA had to close their operations to avoid risks to users in order to wait for their reactivation by the authorities.
“After reviewing the provisions of the Volcanic Alert Traffic Light, in its different phases, the Scientific Advisory Committee of the volcano #popocatepetl concluded to make the corresponding recommendation to change the level from Amarillo Phase 2 to #YellowPhase3” pic.twitter.com/dIP4TykXSb
— National Civil Protection Coordination (@CNPC_MX) May 21, 2023
On the other hand, after the volcanic activity of the Popocatépetl, the Puebla airport closed its doors until further notice in order to avoid risks among users where they will return to activities until the authorities give the order, so some flights will be modified due to this problem that has been occurring in recent days.
Finally, various reports recommend that after the reactivation of the operations of the AICM users who travel through terminal 1 and 2 check the departures of the trip in the airport system to avoid problems, while some flights were canceled and reactivated after the environmental contingency caused by the fall of ash from the volcano Popocatepetl.