Mexican Volcano Spews Ash On Capital

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's national disaster prevention agency says the Popocatepetl volcano has spewed ash over Mexico City and neighboring areas.

The agency says the volcano erupted for about nine hours, until 3 a.m.

Mexico City residents awoke Monday to cars coated in a light dusting of ash. The disaster agency's monitoring cameras showed glowing rocks shot from the volcano's crater landing more than a half-mile (1,000 meters) down Situs Sbobet Piala Dunia 2018 its slope.

About 25 million people live within 62 miles (100 kilometers) of the crater of the 17,797-foot (5,426-meter) stratovolcano. It's been periodically erupting since 1994.

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