Ecuadorian flower exports might be affected by volcano activity
Risk Management Minister Maria del Pilar Cornejo said that 325,000 people lived in areas that could lie in the path of mud and rock flows from the Cotopaxi.
Its last major eruption was in 1877.
The Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) reported that the raised volcanic activity alert level has closed the Latacunga airport on August 15. The activity of the volcano might affect the flower exports and flower farms that are located in that area.
Sources: www.BBC.com, www.osac.gov