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Mexico volcanic ash disrupts US, domestic flights
Topic Started: 26 Feb 2015, 02:57 AM (98 Views)
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25 February 2015

Mexico volcanic ash disrupts US, domestic flights

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© AFP/File | A 2014 view of the Popocatepetl volcano --the most active of Mexico-- spewing ash seen from the Altzomoni mountain

PUEBLA (MEXICO) (AFP) - Volcanic ash rained down on the runway of an airport in central Mexico, forcing it to close for several hours on Wednesday and disrupting domestic flights and those to the US.

The Popocatepetl volcano began rumbling and exploding late Tuesday, spewing a four-kilometer (2.5-mile) high column of ash and ejecting white hot rock as far as 700 meters from its crater, according to the National Disaster Prevention Center.

The ash reached the city of Puebla and seven nearby towns, and the wind could blow it over the eastern state of Veracruz and Tabasco state in the south, the center said.

The airport in Puebla shut down for five hours as crews cleaned up the dusty tarmac, said state civil protection chief Jesus Morales.

The temporary closure of the small Hermanos Serdan airport affected 120 passengers whose flights to Houston, Texas, and the Mexican cities of Monterrey and Guadalajara resumed after delays.

The Mexican capital is only 55 kilometers from the snow-capped volcano, which regularly exhales massive ash clouds.

The Colima volcano in the west of the country has also been sending ash skywards in recent weeks.

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