Just as we launch of Ecuador on addictedtotravel.com, there are rumblings of heightened alerts for the Tungurahua Volcano.Our Local Experts in Ecuador have told me that the Ecuadorian Geophysics Institute has issued a special report stating that the activity of Tungurahua Volcano has increased considerably since January 4 and could become more intense in coming days.Both the internal activity, detected by seismic movements and the external activity, with strong audible explosions spewing vapor and ashes have reached a level of activity similar to that observed a few days before the violent eruptions of July 14 and August 16, 2006.Under these circumstances, the authorities have ordered the evacuation of 300 families who live in the western slopes of the volcano as a precautionary measure after the volcano started rumbling and spewing smoke.The current UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office advice states that:
