| 1 | QUITO, Ecuador (AP) " Ecuadorean authorities said Monday that up to 325,000 people live in areas that could be threatened by fast-moving mud and rock flows if there is a major eruption of the Cotopaxi volcano. |
| 2 | Top disaster official Maria del Pilar Cornejo briefed reporters as bad weather scrapped a planned flyover of the snow-capped 5,897-meter (19,600-foot) volcano, which is 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Quito. |
| 3 | Cotopaxi last rumbled Saturday, when it shot ash more than two miles high and spilled some lava. |
| 4 | Four hundred people were evacuated briefly. |
| 5 | The volcano began showing renewed activity in April. |
| 6 | Its last major eruption was in 1877. |
| 7 | President Rafael Correa decreed prior censorship Saturday on the volcano, worrying press freedom groups. |
| 8 | All media are prohibited from publishing information about Cotopaxi that doesn't come from an official source. |
| 9 | The story has been corrected to indicate that up to 325,000 people potentially affected by a major eruption of Cotopaxi. |