America’s Volcanoes

Current Colima status from UCOL:

Report of the Recent Volcanic Activity
(It reports 12:00 Hours)

The Government of the State, through the State Unit of Civil defense Sights on, informed that in last the 24 hours exit of incandescent material was registered the dawn of this Friday, whereas the scanner detected seismic activity in the volcanic cone in 6 occasions, without report of damages or affectation in the adjacent populations is had.

In the occasion of the rain storm, rains in the top of the volcano are reported cloudy and, reason why it remembers the population that must avoid the permanence in bordering ravines, before the possibility that they register lahares (water flows and volcanic material).

Thursday 26 of July the scanner detected activity to 16:08 and 17:45 hours both by an average of 3 minutes each one; however, this Friday the activity went to 00:00, 01:35, 06:33 and 10:35 hours, with a duration average of 1′ (a minute forty and five’ 45′ seconds) each one.

Also, one occurred to know that the dawn of this Friday, to 06:58 hours, there was exit of incandescent material (washes) of 50 meters of height, which was accompanied of an exhalation of 900 meters with direction towards the northwest.

The information was provided by the State Unit of Civil defense Jalisco, with that exists permanent coordination, with the intention of monitorear in real time the activity of the volcano, and thus to count on opportune information to be able to respond before any contingency and, mainly, to guarantee the security of the population, as it is the interest of the Governor Jesus Silverio Cavazos Ceballos.

Also constant communication with the communitarian brigade that has formed with inhabitants of the town of the Becerrera, to those who exists has become qualified in the self-protection with respect to the natural disasters. Also, permanent contact with the personnel of the military team of Marijuana, the Becerrera stays, farm the Wild boar, as well as with elements of public security of the State, Comala and Civil defense of Cuauhtémoc.

In addition, one works in the preventive programs to maintain informed to the citizens on the evolution into the volcanic activity, and to avoid that alarm by rumors is generated.

On the other hand, it continues the restriction for the sobreflights that do not have scientific aims or of civil defense, and is prohibited the permanence of people other people’s to these activities in ravines of the volcano.

It has been important to take care of the same recommendations established for months, in which it is indicated that who are or live in zone of risk, follow the indications that this organism transmits through mass media; it is necessary to emphasize that the zone of exclusion of activities for the states of Jalisco and Colima is of 7,5 kilometers from the top of the volcano on the channels of ravines. The radius of preventive alertamiento remains in 11.5 kilometers from the top of the volcano, which includes the populations of Marijuana, and the Becerrera in the state of Sights on, and Causentla, Brotherhood of Tonila, Atenguillo, the Saucillo, the Fresnal, the Funnel, Juan Barragán, the Males, the Summer pasture and the Borbollón in Jalisco.

The permanence in ravines must be avoided the Fire, the Cordobán, San Antonio and Monte Grande, in It sights on, and the Dead, the Tuna, Santa Ana, the Cafecito, the Sand and Beltrán-Peach tree in Jalisco.

It sights on, Col 27 of Julio of 2007

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