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The Tlaxcala State Secretariat of Public Education (SEPE) said on Tuesday that if Popocatépetlvolcano’s
intense activity makes evacuations necessary,teachers in the municipal schools to be used as shelters would
register the victims.
Popocatépetl, an active volcano in the nearby state of Puebla, has been giving off plumes of smoke and small
eruptions of ash and rock in recent months.
More than 30 million people could be affected if the volcano sees a major eruption, primarily in the states of
Puebla, Morelos and Tlaxcala. The volcano alert for Popocatépetlwas raised this month to yellow phase
three, the third highest level in Mexico’s warning system. The Popocatépetl Plan, established to deal with a
volcanic event,outlines where shelters will be set up in the 18 municipalities of Tlaxcala. Of the 118 shelters
that the state will set up, 34 are public schools that will be used as backups.
In the event of an evacuation,teachers “would open registration tables in the temporary shelters and strictly
control the comings and goings of the people staying in the temporary shelters,” said the SEPE. The teachers
would also be in charge of organizing recreational activities, while trained professionals will provide
psychologicalsupport to those who need it.
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