Towns evacuated as Colima Volcano erupts
Increased activity reported at the volcano during the past 48 hours
Mexico News Daily | Saturday, October 1, 2016
Evacuation of towns near the Colima Volcano began yesterday after increased eruptions during the past 48 hours.
About 300 residents of La Becerrera, La Yerbabuena and San Antonio in the municipality of Colima had moved into emergency shelters, said the state’s Civil Protection office.
About 20 families were evacuated in Quesería, located in the municipality of Cuauhtémoc.
Large lava flows were seen on the southern slopes of the volcano, also known as the Volcano of Fire, and plumes of steam and ash rising at least two kilometers above the crater, reported
Volcano Discovery.
Near-constant glowing avalanches could be seen on the southwest and south flanks.
Nearly 700 people from communities near the volcano
were evacuated during eruptions in July last year.
Access to the Nevado de Colima National Park, five kilometers from the crater, was closed by officials yesterday.
Residents of nearby areas are being warned to watch for ash falls.
The 3,820-meter-high volcano straddles the Colima-Jalisco border about 700 kilometers northwest of Mexico City.
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