The eruptive volcano named Popocatépetl continued to affect air travel in Mexico City on Monday after it precipitated weekend flight cancellations and delays.

On Monday, AeroMexico, the nation’s nationwide airline, blamed the 17,887-foot volcano’s spring outbursts for affecting greater than 100 of its flights throughout that nation.

Sergio Salomón, governor of the Mexican state of Puebla, tweeted Monday that he held a gathering of his advisors to plan a response to the eruptions ought to they proceed throughout the week.

Activity coming from the volcano, named “smoking mountain” in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec folks, was famous by NASA scientists April 14.

A satellite tv for pc operated by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey captured photographs of among the volcano’s spring outburst, and Mexican scientists have detected water vapor, volcanic gases and ash coming from the volcano, NASA mentioned in two updates earlier this month.

Researchers have measured plumes as excessive as 4.5 miles, NASA mentioned. On Monday, the USGS printed a pc mannequin forecast that said the world simply south of Mexico City may see 10 to 32 mm of ash fall by day’s finish.

Popocatépetl’s ash was sufficient to immediate suspension of flights for about 5 hours at each of Mexico City’s principal airports on Saturday. Benito Juarez International Airport mentioned ash can block pilots’ view, hinder radio communications, and have an effect on passenger planes’ jet engines.

Popocatépetl, which has a sibling, Iztaccíhuatl, about 8 miles north, has been famous by people for its huffing and puffing because the 14th century, in response to the Smithsonian Institution.

Its newest string of eruptions dates to 2005, in response to NASA.