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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7551648" data-attributes="member: 92282">Authorities closed Guatemala's international airport Thursday after  the nearby Pa*aya volcano showered as much as 3 inches (8 centimeters)  of ash over parts of the city.La Aurora airport would be closed  at least until noon Friday, and possibly longer, said Angel Perez, a  spokesman for the Central American country's Civil Aeronautics Office.The  volcano is about 15 miles (25 kilometers) south of the Guatemalan  capital.Two to three inches of ash accumulated on streets in some  southern parts of the city, and officials imposed limits on trucks and  motorcycles to help speed up traffic slowed by the ash.The  government urged residents not to leave their homes unless there was an  urgent need, and issued a state-of-disaster declaration, making it  easier to disburse funds to deal with the problem.Two villages  near the peak were evacuated, with dozen of residents taken to shelters  or relatives' homes to wait out the eruption, said David de Leon a  spokesman for the national disaster committee.Local media  reported that volcanic rock fell on the evacuated villages, smashing car  windshields. Eruptions began several days ago.The most active of  Guatemala's 32 volcanos, Pa*aya has been intermittently erupting since  1966, and tourists frequently visit areas near three lava flows formed  in eruptions between 1989 and 1991.In 1998, the 8,373-foot  (2,552-meter) volcano twice spewed plumes of ash, forcing evacuations  and shutting down the airport in Guatemala City.<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jfqSK7_JS5An1wyNi7oFIg5KGmuQD9FVJRJ80" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/img/ap_logo.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3335/4566084741_aa0d97f0cf_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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