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  2. Booming eruptions, ash everywhere: What life is like under ...

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    Still, the volcano's long history of destructive explosions and the 24 million people who reside within 60 miles of its crater make Popocatépetl an acute threat.

  3. Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano erupts 13 times in past day ...

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    Mexico’s National Disaster Prevention Center said Wednesday the Popocatépetl volcano, located just 50 miles from the country's capital, has erupted 13 times in the past day and urged people to ...

  4. Popocatépetl volcano erupts over central Mexico: What we know

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    Three million people living near Mexico’s nearly 18,000-foot Popocatépetl volcano are facing evacuation orders as it continues to spew ash across the region, forcing schools to close and ...

  5. List of volcanoes in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Notable volcanoes in Mexico include Popocatépetl, one of the country's most active and dangerous volcanoes, Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl), the highest peak in Mexico, and Parícutin, a cinder cone volcano that famously emerged from a cornfield in 1943. Mexican volcanoes play a significant role in the country's geography, climate, and culture ...

  6. List of volcanic eruptions by death toll - Wikipedia

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    4 Hawaii, United States: 1790 Keanakakoi eruption: 350 to 400 Mount Mayon: 4 Philippines: 1897 [22] 353 Mount Merapi: 4 Indonesia: 2010 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi: 340 Cotopaxi: 4 Ecuador: 1877 [23] 326 Makian: 4 Indonesia: 1861 [6] 245 Nyiragongo: 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2002 216 Mount Vesuvius: 4 Italy: 1906 [24] 190 to 2,900 ...

  7. List of volcanic eruptions in the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    The Centre of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation recommended that a 7 km (4.3 mi) radius around the volcano be evacuated. [75] Seven villages were affected by the eruption. [76] A larger eruption occurred on 7 November. [77] On 8 November, the volcano erupted several times, one bearing an ash plume with a height reaching 10 km (6.2 mi ...

  8. Mexico lowers alert level for Popocatepetl volcano

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    Mexico lowered the alert level on the Popocatepetl volcano Tuesday after more than two weeks of its eruptions of gas and ash had drawn the attention of those living in its shadow and people around ...

  9. Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl - Wikipedia

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    Popocatépetl became an active volcano, raining fire on Earth in blind rage at the loss of his beloved. [4] A different tale was told by the Nahuatl-speakers of Tetelcingo, Morelos, [5] according to whom Iztaccíhuatl was the wife of Popo, but Xinantécatl wanted her, and he and Popocatépetl hurled rocks at each other in anger.