Yellow alerts have just been issued for Alaska’s Great Sitkin volcano and Mexico’s Mt. Popocatepetl. These two major North American volcanos are heating up along with many others around the Ring of Fire, a chain of very volatile fault lines that stretches from New Zealand, the entire east coast of Asia, Canada the USA then running all the way down to the southern tip of South America.
Experts have issued warnings for Mexico’s Mt Popocatepetl, also known as El Popo, and Alaska’s Great Sitkin volcano as both showed significant signs of activity.
Officials have issued a Yellow Warning for both of the volcanoes which means that it is showing signs of unrest and will continue to be closely monitored.
Authorities in Mexico said on a government website regarding El Popo: “In the last 24 hours, through the monitoring systems at Popocatépetl volcano, were registered 30 exhalations with emissions of steam and gas.
“CENAPRED emphasises that people SHOULD NOT go near the volcano, especially near the crater, due to the hazard caused by ballistic fragments.”
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El Popo is dangerously close to Mexico City
El Popo is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in North America and is just 70 kilometres away from Mexico City.
An eruption would threaten the 9 MILLION inhabitants.
Meanwhile, the Alaska Volcano Observatory issued a similar statement about the Great Sitkin volcano: “Earthquake activity at Great Sitkin Volcano has been elevated over the past five days, and earlier today at 11:39 AKDT (19:39 UTC), a signal that may represent a short-lived steam explosion was detected by seismic data.”
Unlike El Popo, the Great Sitkin is located in a remote area away from civilisation.
The Great Sitkin Volcano in Alaska
Still, an eruption could cause travel chaos as huge plumes of smoke and ash could block flight paths.
Source: Express
