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Popocatepetl Volcano In Mexico

Wed, Jul 10, 2013 (12:33 p.m.)

Last Saturday, July 6, 2013, Mexico’s National Center for Disaster Prevention raised the volcano alert from Stage 2 Yellow to Stage 3 Yellow, the final step before a Red alert, when possible evacuations could be ordered after the Popocatepetl volcano spit out a cloud of ash and vapor 2 miles (3 kilometers) high over several days of eruptions.

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