Philippines warns Mayon volcano could erupt violently within days

The Philippine government warned yesterday that Mayon volcano could erupt violently within days following a week of spectacular flows of lava and increasing volcanic quakes. Government volcanologists raised the alert level around Mayon to level four, meaning there could be an eruption in a matter of days. "We raised it to level four this afternoon because there was a sudden acceleration in the activity of the volcano," said July Sabit, head of the volcano monitoring team.

Local civil defence head Raffy Alejandro said the military and police had evacuated more than 8,600 of the 9,000 living within an eight-km danger zone declared around Mayon.

 

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