Authorities temporarily closed the Popayan airport as the volcano remained on orange alert over the risk of an eruption. On Monday, the Purace volcano, located in Colombia’s Cauca department and under an orange alert for the risk of an eruption for a month, made a powerful emission of ash and gases. Purace continues to show an increase in seismic energy and in the temperature of emissions of ash and gases such as sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide. 🌋🇨🇴 Powerful eruption sends ash plume over southwestern ColombiaColombia’s Purace volcano erupted, blasting sulfurous gas and ash 2 km into the sky as authorities continue to monitor its activity. The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) however, ruled out a direct connection between the ash emission from Purace volcano and the earthquake, whose epicenter was in the department of Choco, explaining that they are independent natural phenomena.