Popocatépetl volcano (Mexico): strong explosion yesterday morning sends ash to 32,000 ft (10 km) altitude

During the past days and weeks, the activity at the volcano seems to have picked up. Yesterday morning, at 10:40 local time, a comparably strong vulcanian-type explosion occurred that produced an ash column that rose approx. 5 km to 32,000 ft (9,8 km) and drifted SSW. At least 3 other, but smaller explosions also occurred during a 24 hours interval (at 18:22 on 13 June, 04:33 and 08:54 on 14…