墨西哥波波卡特佩特火山可能将爆发

时间：2012-04-18 06:21:12

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Mexico has raised the alert level around the huge Popocatepetl volcano, after it began spewing ash and steam.

墨西哥波波卡特佩特火山开始喷出灰尘与蒸汽，政府提高了周边地区的警戒程度。

Tens of thousands of people live in the shadow of the volcano
Several schools around the 5,450m (17,900 foot) volcano were closed as a precaution, and evacuation shelters have been prepared.

The National Disaster Prevention Centre (Cenapred) raised the alert to "yellow stage three" - the third-highest level.

The volcano lies around 70km (40 miles) from Mexico City, and is visible from the capital on a clear day.

"We can hear the roar of the volcano, sometimes we can feel its force," Concepcion Perez from the town of Xalitzintla in Puebla State, 12km (seven miles) from the volcano told the French news agency Agence France-Presse.

Cenapred officials said the alert could remain for weeks or months until the volcano's activity diminished.

Popocatepetl - which means "Smoking Mountain" in the indigenous¹（本土的） Nahuatl language - is Mexico's second-highest peak.

In 2000 a major eruption² forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from nearby communities.

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1 indigenous
adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的
参考例句：
Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。 Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。

2 eruption
n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作
参考例句：
The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。 The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。