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Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano belches glowing rock, ash

January 23, 2019
By The Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Popocatepetl volcano outside Mexico City has spewed glowing rock and dumped a dusting of ash over nearby towns.

Mexico's national disaster prevention agency says the volcano east of the capital sent a column of ash 2 miles (3 kilometers) into the air.

Incandescent rocks landed more than a mile (2 kilometers) down the volcano's slope late Tuesday. The civil defense agency in Puebla state also reported ash fall in towns northeast of the peak.

Some 25 million people live within about 60 miles (100 kilometers) of the crater of the 17,797-foot (5,426-meter) stratovolcano.

Popocatepetl has been erupting periodically since 1994.

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Image: In this Oct. 15, 2018 file photo, an airplane comes in for a landing as it flies over the Popocatepetl volcano, as seen from Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)