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Ecuador President Rafael Correa has declared a state of emergency over increasing activity at the Cotopaxi volcano near the capital, Quito. The declaration gives authorities more flexibility in using government funds to address the situation. Officials evacuated several hundred people from nearby villages after the volcano began to erupt on Friday. Cotopaxi is among the world’s most dangerous volcanoes and is prone to fast-moving rock and mud flows. The first signs of eruption began to show at the beginning of last Friday. Hot ash shot out of the volcano, traveling for more than two miles in the sky and spreading a fine grey ash over roads, homes and cars in the region. Authorities already had restricted tourist access to the park that surrounds Cotopaxi and suspended ascents of the peak, which is popular with mountaineers.
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