Philippine officials on Thursday raised the alert level for one of the country’s most active volcanoes after superheated streams of gas, debris and rocks cascaded down its upper slope in a condition they fear could lead to a hazardous eruption within days or weeks. Villagers living within a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) radius of Mayon volcano’s crater…
Philippine officials have raised the alert level for Mayon, one of the country’s most active volcanos, after the country recorded escalated conditions of gas and falling debris.
Hundreds of families living around Mount Mayon in central Albay province are expected to be moved to safer areas after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the alarm.