Mexico's Stirring Volcano Temporarily Shuts Down International Airport Jessica Menton - International Business Times
go to original May 9, 2012

Ash from Mexico's towering volcano reached Puebla's international airport on Tuesday temporarily shutting down operations and cancelling flights. Airport authorities temporarily suspended all flights from Tuesday afternoon as a column of volcanic ash encroached its airspace and runway.

Normal services at the airport resumed on Wednesday.. Last month, Mexico's National Centre for Disaster Protection raised the alert level indicating possible magma expulsion and explosions of increasing intensity.

"Popo," as the volcano is commonly known, has spat out mile-high clouds of ash and smoke several times this year. Its last major eruption took place in 2000, just one week shy of Christmas Day. Over 40,000 evacuees haphazardly fled their homes and choked highways heading out of the area.

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