Hawkeye320, CVN
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Almost all of the 47,000 residents living on the slopes of a rumbling volcano in the Central Philippines (Legazpi) have moved to emergency shelters, and lava and earthquakes heralded what officials say could be a major eruption.
Low clouds obscured visibility of the smolding 8,070 foot Mayon, towering over coconut farms and rice paddies in coastal Albay Province. Hazardous eruption can happen today os the next few days, Chief Sate Volcanologist Renato Solidum said.
Ash columns were seen rising during a cloud break and Solidum said his team recorded 1,266 volcanic earthquakes in the past 24 hours. The emission of sulfur dioxide an indication of magma rising inside the volcano, was measured at 6,530 tons per day.
Technically, Mayno Volcano is already erupting because lava has oozed out.. A bigger, explosive eruption is still possible buthard to predict. In the past week, more then 45,000 residents living in a five mile zone aroung Mayon have been transported in army trucks to school buildings gymnasiums in and around the Provincial Capital Legazpi, where they were given sleeping mats and food supplies to last them through the Christmass Holidays.
Army Troops and Police were patrolling inside the danger zone to persuade the holdouts to move to a safe distance.. The Authorities said they are working on an evacuarion center for farm animals...
By: Hawkeye320
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December:
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Philippines_Volcano_Eruption_May_Have_Run_Its_Course_999.html
September
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Philippines_Volcano_Eruption_May_Have_Run_Its_Course_999.html
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