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Declared an orange alert and evacuation by activity of the Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador
By Agencia EFE - 1 minute.
Quito, Apr 26 (EFE) .- The National Secretariat for Risk Management of Ecuador declared an orange alert today by the increased activity of the Tungurahua volcano, which is crowned by a column of ash 8 miles high and has led Evacuation of some populations.
The volcano, located in the Andean center of the country, reopened on Wednesday after four months of relative calm and today increased its activity with the continuous emission of ash, which affects air traffic in the area, according to the Secretariat.
Also today there were five explosions, which shook windows in the bathrooms, the main town on the slopes of Tungurahua, according to the Geophysical Institute (IG) of the National Polytechnic School.
The authorities have evacuated people from CUSU, Bilbao and Chacauco, home to 140 families and 100 permanently on the move.
The Ministry of Education suspended classes today in these populations until Friday, when they resume "unless the natural conditions remain the same or worse", said in a statement.
Volcanic ash is present to a height of 10,000 feet above sea level, the Secretariat believes that risks could affect the airport of Manta and Esmeraldas and Guayaquil and Salinas airways.
Meanwhile, in the Bilbao area of the Geophysical Institute staff measured a layer of ash deposited 3 mm thick for 12 hours on 24 April.
"The ash emissions are accompanied by roars of varying intensity and expulsion of hot material in the form of fountains of lava blocks rolling on the upper flanks of the volcano," the Institute said today in a report.
Given the deformation of the northwestern flank of the volcano detected by inclinometers, experts still believe that the entry of magma inside the chamber and to the surface.
The Institute estimated that the volcano will continue to eject a volume "moderate to high" of ash in the next "days to weeks, as happened in August 2001.
And warned that damage is found to crops and volcanic material accumulated can generate mud flows that clog the roads.
Tungurahua, of 5,016 meters above sea level and located 135 kilometers south of Quito, began its current eruptive process in 1999 and has since periods of high activity interspersed with periods of relative calm.
Google translation:
Declared an orange alert and evacuation by activity of the Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador
By Agencia EFE - 1 minute.
Quito, Apr 26 (EFE) .- The National Secretariat for Risk Management of Ecuador declared an orange alert today by the increased activity of the Tungurahua volcano, which is crowned by a column of ash 8 miles high and has led Evacuation of some populations.
The volcano, located in the Andean center of the country, reopened on Wednesday after four months of relative calm and today increased its activity with the continuous emission of ash, which affects air traffic in the area, according to the Secretariat.
Also today there were five explosions, which shook windows in the bathrooms, the main town on the slopes of Tungurahua, according to the Geophysical Institute (IG) of the National Polytechnic School.
The authorities have evacuated people from CUSU, Bilbao and Chacauco, home to 140 families and 100 permanently on the move.
The Ministry of Education suspended classes today in these populations until Friday, when they resume "unless the natural conditions remain the same or worse", said in a statement.
Volcanic ash is present to a height of 10,000 feet above sea level, the Secretariat believes that risks could affect the airport of Manta and Esmeraldas and Guayaquil and Salinas airways.
Meanwhile, in the Bilbao area of the Geophysical Institute staff measured a layer of ash deposited 3 mm thick for 12 hours on 24 April.
"The ash emissions are accompanied by roars of varying intensity and expulsion of hot material in the form of fountains of lava blocks rolling on the upper flanks of the volcano," the Institute said today in a report.
Given the deformation of the northwestern flank of the volcano detected by inclinometers, experts still believe that the entry of magma inside the chamber and to the surface.
The Institute estimated that the volcano will continue to eject a volume "moderate to high" of ash in the next "days to weeks, as happened in August 2001.
And warned that damage is found to crops and volcanic material accumulated can generate mud flows that clog the roads.
Tungurahua, of 5,016 meters above sea level and located 135 kilometers south of Quito, began its current eruptive process in 1999 and has since periods of high activity interspersed with periods of relative calm.