city, should take into consideration the above yellow alert from the local authorities to ensure your personal safety, apart from monitoring media reports and the website of the National Ecuadorian Geophysics Institute (in Spanish) for the latest information on volcanic activity ( http://www.igepn.edu.ec/ ). If you are in Baos when an emergency occurs you should try to reach the evacuation shelters on the east side of town, around 'Santa Ana' neighbourhood. This is on the main road out of Baos towards Puyo. Evacuation routes are marked with yellow arrows throughout the town. There is also a siren system to alert people to evacuate. For further information (in Spanish) contact the Civil Defence Committee in Baos on 00 593 3 2741789 or 740. Natural Disasters - Volcanoes - Reventador The Reventador Volcano, in Napo Province in the Amazon region has shown further increased volcanic activity and an expand in the size of the dome since mid October 2012. The volcano has been expelling rocks and lava with an increase in temperature and seismic activity. There has also been some ash flow towards the north-west. The local authorities continue to advise visitors not to attempt to climb the volcano and have suspended all other mountaineering activities in the immediate surroundings in El Chaco region. The current volcanic activity is high. British nationals are advised to monitor the local news and to follow the instructions of the local authorities. Natural Disasters - Volcanoes - Sangay Sangay volcano, located between the provinces of Chimborazo