A timelapse video showed ashes and smoke erupting from the Mexican Popocatepetl volcano.

Mexico's disaster prevention center Cenapred reported that over the past 24 hours, the volcano has registered 22 exhalations. Cenapred also recommended not to approach the volcano and especially the crater due to the risk of falling incandescent fragments.

The volcanic alert status remains unchanged on yellow phase 2, it added. That means increased activity with sporadic explosions, continuous plumes of steam and water, light to moderate ashfall in nearby populations, release of incandescent fragments and the possibility of short-range pyroclastic flows associated with the explosions.

Popocatepetl, meaning "Smoking Hill" in the Nahuatl native language, is one of the world's most closely monitored volcanoes. It rises only about 45 miles (72 km) southwest of Mexico City, home to about 9 million people or around 22 million including the metropolitan area. - Report from Reuters