SIGN UP FOR OUR By Wendy Anders
Karina Córdoba posted this beautiful image of the Turrialba Volcano, taken from Alajuela, on the Ovsicori FB page. The feather of white color indicates the presence of water vapor and gases.
After a brief end to a recent 25-hour eruption yesterday afternoon, Costa Rica’s Turrialba Volcano started spewing ash again.
The National University’s Volcanology and Seismology Research Institute (Ovsicori-UNA) reported today on their Facebook page that, after a one-hour pause in eruptive activity from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m yesterday, the volcano has had six new small eruptions.
During these most recent eruptions, the column of ash has reached from 200 and 600 ms above the active volcano’s crater.
The most recent eruptions took place at 7:36 and lasted 20 minutos and one at 8:15 lasted 35 minutes, both with heights of 600 ms.
Wind out of the east are carrying ash and sulfur fumes towards the country’s Central Valley, home to the country’s main urban centers of San José, Alajuela, Heredia, and Cartago.
The institute will publish important volcanic events throughout the day as they happen.
The Juan Santamaría International Airport in Alajuela continues to be functioning normally, said the airport’s press office.
Arrivals and departures can be checked online at http://www.aeris.cr/.
