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Manila: One of the Philippines’ most active volcanoes fired a dark column of ash thousands of metres into the sky Friday in a “moderately explosive eruption” that lasted nearly six minutes, the state seismology office said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in towns and cities surrounding Mount Mayon, but the country’s…
A series of mild eruptions at the most active volcano in the Philippines has prompted the evacuation of nearly 3,000 villagers from a danger zone on its foothills, officials said Wednesday. Authorities raised the 5-step alert around Mayon Volcano in the northeastern province of Albay to level 3 on Tuesday after detecting intermittent rockfalls, some…
Manila: A volcano erupted in the central Philippines on Monday, sending a huge ash column into the sky as the government called for the evacuation of surrounding villages. Rising more than 2,400 metres (8,000 feet) above sea level on the central island of Negros, Kanlaon is one of 24 active volcanoes in the Philippines. “An…