Authorities in Mexico have raised the alert level for the Popocatepetl volcano southeast of Mexico City due to increasing activity. It's now at the fifth step on a seven-level warning scale.
A lava dome is growing in the volcano's crater, the National Disaster avoidance Center said Tuesday. The 17,886-foot (5,450-meter) volcano also has been spewing fragments of incandescent rock recently, as well as water vapor and ash.
The volcano might experience "significant explosions of growing concentration that hurl incandescent rocks significant distances," large ash showers and possible flows of mud and molten rocks down the volcano's flanks, the center said.
The agency said the area has been congested to visitors and urged people to stay at least seven miles (12 kilometers) from the crater, which is about 40 miles (65 kilometers) southeast of Mexico's capital. It also optional that people in the surrounding areas clean ash from weak rooftops and to cover their mouths to avoid inhaling it.
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