--- title: Video: Mexico's El Popo Volcano Dramatic Nighttime Eruption | WeatherBug | WeatherBug description: Mexico's most active volcano spewed ash and lava early Wednesday in this dramatic video. canonical: https://www.weatherbug.com/news/Video-Mexico-s-El-Popo-Volcano-Dramatic-Nighttime og:title: Video: Mexico's El Popo Volcano Dramatic Nighttime Eruption | WeatherBug | WeatherBug og:description: Mexico's most active volcano spewed ash and lava early Wednesday in this dramatic video. og:url: https://www.weatherbug.com/news/Video-Mexico-s-El-Popo-Volcano-Dramatic-Nighttime og:site_name: WeatherBug og:locale: en_US og:image: https://cms-assets-con.cdn.weatherbug.net/assets/contentitems/40/409212ad-74f2-4153-9caf-9ff8e25a159e/52e0ce98-d40a-4283-82d1-d0fe816ebf4b/9362a1ad-6bcd-429d-ad6b-7c86a68faaae.png og:image:width: 800 og:image:height: 600 og:image:alt: A screenshot of a Mexico volcano eruption. og:type: article article:published_time: 2016-04-06T10:39:59Z article:modified_time: 2016-04-06T10:39:59Z article:author: WeatherBug article:tag: eruption article:tag: Mexico article:tag: video article:tag: viral article:tag: volcano twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Video: Mexico's El Popo Volcano Dramatic Nighttime Eruption | WeatherBug twitter:description: Mexico's most active volcano spewed ash and lava early Wednesday in this dramatic video. twitter:image: https://cms-assets-con.cdn.weatherbug.net/assets/contentitems/40/409212ad-74f2-4153-9caf-9ff8e25a159e/52e0ce98-d40a-4283-82d1-d0fe816ebf4b/9362a1ad-6bcd-429d-ad6b-7c86a68faaae.png --- [](/weather-forecast/now) [Back to forecast](/weather-forecast/now) # Video: Mexico's El Popo Volcano Dramatic Nighttime Eruption April 6, 2016 at 06:39 AM EDT WeatherBug  Popocatépetl, Mexico’s most active volcano, has been spewing hot ash and gas into the atmosphere this week, prompting temporary closures of the airport at Puebla. A nighttime eruption spewed ash and lava in this dramatic video from early Wednesday morning. _Credit_: YouTube/webcamsdemexico We use technologies, such as cookies, to analyze your use (i.e., pages visited), to customize content, for our internal analytics purposes and for security and other purposes. By continuing to use this website, you agree to this usage. Please review our [privacy policy](/legal/privacy) for more details as well as for information on how to contact us to object to these activities. [Ad Choices](/legal/privacy#digitaladvertisingandyourchoices) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://www.weatherbug.com/news/Video-Mexico-s-El-Popo-Volcano-Dramatic-Nighttime"},"headline":"Video: Mexico's El Popo Volcano Dramatic Nighttime Eruption","description":"Mexico's most active volcano spewed ash and lava early Wednesday in this dramatic video.","image":["https://cms-assets-con.cdn.weatherbug.net/assets/contentitems/40/409212ad-74f2-4153-9caf-9ff8e25a159e/52e0ce98-d40a-4283-82d1-d0fe816ebf4b/9362a1ad-6bcd-429d-ad6b-7c86a68faaae.png"],"datePublished":"2016-04-06T10:39:59Z","dateModified":"2016-04-06T10:39:59Z","dateCreated":"2016-04-06T10:39:59Z","articleSection":"Weather News","keywords":"eruption,Mexico,video,viral,volcano","articleBody":"Popocatépetl, Mexico’s most active volcano, has been spewing hot ash and gas into the atmosphere this week, prompting temporary closures of the airport at Puebla. A nighttime eruption spewed ash and lava in this dramatic video from early Wednesday morning. 
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