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Second crater found inside Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano

The National Center for Disaster Prevention (Cenapred) shared a video of the overflight they made yesterday at the Popocatépetl volcano, where a second crater was discovered inside the volcano.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJLhe5oRUkA

The director of Cenapred, Carlos Valdés, announced that the interior crater has a diameter of 370 meters and 110 meters deep.

"There is no dome. It is considered an open system, which facilitates the release of recent ash emissions," Valdés wrote through his Twitter account.

The discovery revealed that in the coming days it is expected that the volcano will continue . . .

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