El Popo (Mexico) Near Catastrophic Eruption Levels

* Schools closing with evacuation drills happening due to ash
* In highly populated area of southeast Mexico City (25M people)
* Just raised to phase three yellow alert…next level is red and evacuation
* Plinian eruption most explosive type of eruption (like Mount St. Helens) and is a possibility
* Last eruption of El Popo was 1000 years ago

h/t Tonight We Ride!

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